Palindrome Days 2025 Learning FUN!

Here's how you can have fun with palindromes in your classroom!

A palindrome is a word, phrase, or sentence that is spelled and read the same both forward and backward. Kids love to share simple palindromes like:

Older students often discover long words such as:

Keep working and you'll find phrases such as:

When you've run out of other examples, pull out these mind-blowing sentences:

Teachers can make a math connection with palindromes. Numbers that are read the same forward and backward count as palindromes. Go as simply as you wish - even a number such as 55 is still a palindrome. Challenge kids to create palindromic numbers like:

When a day, a week, or even a month contains a forward-backward date, math nerds and palindrome fans alike are delighted! This year, 2025, contains some palindromic dates and they're all in May! You'll want to celebrate these with your students!

In fact, now is a great time to introduce or review the concept of palindromes and set up some fun activities to mark these special dates.

Remember that different countries use different formats. We in the U.S. typically use a version of the Month-Day-Year format.

So, how do you celebrate Palindrome Week? Here are some ideas:

Let me know how you celebrate palindromes in 2025!