This Week (12 October) At Se7en…

So another week with a whole lot of new days to celebrate. These are the calendars for October:

• About.com’s Calendar.
• Crayola.com
• Enchanted Learning.
• Reading Activity Calendar.
• Teacher Vision.

We are still totally celebrating Hood #8…

I should mention my favorite post of the week – have a look at all the funky colors on this one at the Crafty Crow:
Homemade Party Favors. I am not thinking party favors at all but I am thinking a little bit of home made Christmas gift inspiration!!!

And since you have entered our postcard swap so brilliantly we thought we would give you one last day to enter, so follow the link and join in if you haven’t already done so.

And since I am always posting about Wild Things, Craftblog is having a Wild Thing GiveAway.

And here are a couple of links for this week, but not a whole lot!!!

• 12 October 2009: Columbus Day.
  • One Pretty Things Round-Up!!!
  • Columbus Day from Crayola, love the Explorer movie craft.
  • Columbus Day Crafts, Recipes, everything… from Kaboose.
  • Columbus Activities from DLTK.
  • Columbus Fun from the BBC.
  • Columbus and Navigation History – I wish I had found this years ago!
  • Columbus fun from Enchanted Learning
  • A whole lot of links from Social Studies for Kids.

• 14 October 2009: Battle of Hastings 1066.
  • Great site especially their Bayeux Tapestry from Woodlands-Junior.
  • Great article from the BBC.
  • Everything Middle Ages from Spartacus.schoolnet, links and links – I can’t guarantee they are all “kid-safe” surf with your kids.

• 14 October 2009: National Poetry Day.
  • Have a look at Poetry Reading Day in this post.
  • Se7en do Poetry, Packed with Poetry Resources for Kids.
  • Se7en Make Poetry Notebooks.
  • National Poetry Day – Official Site.
  • National Poetry Day from the Poetry Society.

• 14 October 2009: National Grouch Day.
  • Oh I am sure we will come up with something for this day!!!
  • Stress Balls might help.

• 16 October 2009: Dictionary Day.
  • Se7en of the Best Word Games.
  • Online Visual Dictionary – Totally Cool!!!

• 16 October 2009: World Food Day.
  • Monday Munchies from Se7en.
  • Our Celebrity Chef’s Recipes.

• 17 October 2009: Diwali (India).
  • All sorts of goodies, everything you need to know, from the Holiday Spot.
  • All about Diwali from Kiddyhouse.com

That’s us… If you are celebrating something fun, that would be of interest to home-schoolers around the world, then feel free to leave a comment!!!