Today is Smile Power Day I could not find the origin of this celebration, but wonder if it has anything to do with the school year drawing to a close I have found 16 smile-related links and resources that will keep you smiling from today to the end of the month. Smile and say “cheese!”

1. Add Smile Power to Your Life: People with a great smile radiate a warmth that draws others to them instantly – an excellent article written by John Kinde.
2. How to Smile – directions posted on wikiHow.com (this could make an interesting writing assignment…ask students to write step-by-step directions for smiling or making someone else smile…I’m smiling just thinking about the possibilities)
3. Top 10 Reasons to Smile – an article written by Mark Stibich, Ph.D. (See if students can name the top 10 Reasons to smile prior to reading them the article)
4. International Smile Power Foundation – visit this site to learn how and why “International Smile Power partners with people to improve and sustain dental health and build bridges of friendship around the world.” (students might even be motivated enough to run a charity event so they could donate to the foundation)
5. Operation Smile – this international organization is changing lives one smile at a time as they support surgeries to correct cleft lips
6. Watch the following video originally posted on YouTube featuring clips from Charlie Chaplin movies and Michael Jackson singing Smile
   Smile – Charlie Chaplin
7. SMILE – learn about the Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement program that “was designed to enhance the elementary and high school learning of Science and Mathematics through the use of the phenomenological approach available to schools.”
8. Healthy Smiles, Healthy Kids! – click on the image below to visit the site I put together as an online resource to teach good dental care
   
9. Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation – “The Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation was established in 2001 to honor the name and memory of Harvey Ball, the artist who in 1963 created that international symbol of goodwill, the smiley face.”
10. The Smiley Poem Collection – a number of poems with a smile theme (see if these poems inspire your students to write their own smile poems)
11. Watch the following Smile On Video that was originally posted to YouTube by user: TheQwertable.
12. Quotations About Smiles
13. Smiley Clipart – several images that are copyright-free (also, you can click on the clipart at the top of this post to link to the copy-right source for the image)
14. Is a Smile Always Just a Smile Lesson Plan – read over this lesson plan posted on the National Geographic Expeditions
15. Interactive Mona Lisa – one of the most famous smiles in the world was painted by Leonardo da Vinci…playing with the Interactive Mona Lisa will surely put a smile on your face too!
16. Smile Power Day Greeting Cards – visit the 123 Greeting page to send a Power Smile card to a friend, family member, or student