Sorry guys – call my previous post my April Flop Post… I think the Fool was totally me!!! Talk about hitting publish at the wrong time!!! Here is our new improved April and sorry for the mix-up…
- 1 April 2011: April Fool’s Day.
- 2 April 2011: International Children’s Book Day.
- 2 April 1875: Hans Christian Andersen’s Birthday.
- 3 April 1860: First Pony Express Service.
- 3 April 1934: Jane Goodall’s Birthday.
- 5 April 2011: Read A Road Map Day.
- 6 April 1909: North Pole discovered in 1909.
- 6 April 1483: Raphael’s Birthday (1483 – 1520).
- 7 April 2011: No Housework Day.
- 7 April 2011: World Health Day.
- 7 April 1739: Dick Turpin (1739).
- The Epic Highwayman from Stand and Deliver.
- Kid Friendly bio from y2u.co.uk.
- The Highwayman Poem from POTW.
- Lesson Plan from TCT.
- 8 April 1460: Ponce de Leon (1460 – 1521).
- 8 April 2011: International Roma Day.
- Firstly What is Roma Day? Here is a definition from Voice of Roma. This site has heaps of links to Roma people all over the world…
- You can learn all about Roma Culture you can have a look at the Wikipedia page.
- Roma – Facts or Fiction on Ezine articles…
- Want to see a Roma caravan being built… follow the numbered links on this page – it is a photographic journey from beginning to end.
- 10 April 2011: National Sibling Day.
- 12 April 2011: Holocaust Remembrance Day
- 12 April 1981: Space Shuttle First Launched (1981).
- 12 April 1775: Paul Revere Day.
- The Poem: Paul Revere’s Ride from Paul Revere House.
- Paul Revere from Liberty’s Kids.
- Biography from biography.com.
- Heaps to look at at Paul Revere’s House (Heaps of good stuff in the Kids Section).
- Heaps of Links from About.com
- This is Fun!!! from EarlyAmerica.com
- Great time stamped map from the American Revolution.
- 13 April 1570: Guy Fawkes Birthday.
- 13 April 1743: Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday.
- 14 April 1912: Titanic hit an Iceberg.
- 15 April 1452: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Birthday.
- 16 April 1867: Wilbur Wright’s Birthday.
- 19 April 2011: Passover Begins.
- 21 April 1509: Henry VIII became King of England.
- 22 April (1970): Earth Day.
- Se7en’s Recycle Crafts…
- Kaboose, Kaboose, Kaboose.
- Time for Kids Special.
- Earth Day Info from EPA.gov.
- 22 April 2011: National Jelly Bean Day.
- 23 April 1564: Shakespeare’s Birthday (1564 – 1616)
- 23 April 2011: St. Georges Day.
- 24 April 2011: Easter Sunday
- 24 April 2011: International Astronomy Day.
- 25 April 2011: World Penguin Day.
- 25 April 1666: Great Fire of London.
- 25 April 2011: Anzac Day.
- 26 April 1785: John James Audobon’s Birthday (1785 – 1851).
- 27 April 1994: Freedom Day.
- 27 April 1571: Johannes Kepler’s Birthday (1571 – 1630).
- 27 April 1791: Samuel F.B. Morse (1791 – 1872 ).
- 28 April 1947: Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki.
- 28 April 2010: Poetry Reading Day.
- 29 April 1842: Zipper Patented.
Hi,
I have really enjoy reading your blog. How did you come up with these much resources every month? Can you suggest how to use them? I enjoy those links but somewhat overwhelm and don’t know how to utilize it. Thank you for your wonderful post.
Hello se7en family!!!
I really enjoy this monthly posts, that help us a lot at home with our own celebrations. I only want to tell you that International Roma Day, on April 8, doesn’t meant “Roma” like the ancient civilization, its Roma by the Roma people, Gitanos in Spain, one of the most persecuted peoples of European history and not fully integrated into our comunities even today in Spain (I think in other countries too, but I only know the specific problems here in my country). I’m sorry if my english is not very good, but you can read more about romaní people here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_society_and_culture
And thanks again for share all this work, and all the lovely history of your great family.
Greetings from Spain!
Hi Meldy, Thanks for stopping by!!! Great question… I have gathered calendar info over the years… there are somethings I wanted to remember and celebrate as a family. Things like Dr Suess’s birthday requires a cake in our home. So I started making calendar lists and then started blogging them!!! I use the calendar to remember things we want to celebrate as a family… we don’t go into each day in detail but we do take a look at the calendar and then plan an activity or read a story or bake something relevant to that day. Hope that helps and really hope you have a fun month!!!
Hi Carmen… Greetings from Cape Town!!! Thank you so much for your information and I hope you approve the update!!! When I googled “Roma day for kids” I got a whole lot of information for a Roman day – bizarre really!!! So I have changed the links and you have given us something new to talk about. Thank-you and I hope you have a great week.
Thank you! There are great links now, as usual in your posts!
Have a very good week!!!
Great Carmen, Glad you like the improvements and thanks as always for your helpful input!!! Have a great day!!!