Se7en’s April… And a New Free Printable Calendar…

Every month as I begin preparing our calendar post I ask our followers on instagram what theme they would like on their calendar for their fridge… this month it was pretty unanimous: bugs and flowers. So here is your free printable calendar… click on it and it should ope in a fresh window, print it landscape and colour away. We add a couple of dates we especially want to remember to our calendar before we pop it onto our noticeboard.

• 1 April 2013: April Fool’s Day.
  • Family Fun… heaps of goodies!!!
  • Kaboose has a couple of crafts.
  • The top 100 hoaxes of all time… from the museum of hoaxes…
• 2 April 2013: International Children’s Book Day.
  • All About it from About.com
  • Se7en’s Book Crafts.
  • Se7en + 1 Ways to Make Books More Memorable.
  • Se7en tips for Family Reading Time.
  • So You Have Raised a Reader – Now What?

• 2 April 1875: Hans Christian Andersen’s Birthday.
  • A Biography from the Famous Danes sight.
  • A fun story site for kids from Andersen Fairy Tales.
  • His Life and Works from the Hans Christian Anderson Centre.
  • Papercuts from the Royal Library.

• 3 April 1860: First Pony Express Service.
  • Absolutley everything you need from 42Explore – links galore, lesson plans, books, printables…

• 3 April 1934: Jane Goodall’s Birthday.
  • The Jane Goodall Institute.
  • More about her at animal.discovery.com
  • Time for Kids interview Jane Goodall.

• 5 April 2013: Read A Road Map Day.
  • World Map in Se7en Steps.
  • Mapping Nature Sitings.
  • Meal Mapping with Kids.

• 6 April 1909: North Pole discovered in 1909.
  • The Controversy begins from Trivia Library.
  • An Epic Article from the Smithsonian.
  • North Pole FAQ from Best Russian Tour.
  • The Polar Controversy – This is an interesting read from Survey History!!!
  • Peary: Arctic Explorer from Enchanted Learning.

• 6 April 1483: Raphael’s Birthday (1483 – 1520).
  • Brief bio from The Art Gallery.
  • Brief bio and facts from Facts – About.org.uk
  • Good Bio from All About Renaissance Faires.
  • Great Lesson on St. George and The Dragon from Garden of Praise.

• 7 April 2013: No Housework Day.
  • Se7en Things I Would Like My Kids to Learn From Doing Chores.
  • Motivations to Get Kids to Do Their Chores: What Works and What Doesn’t.
  • Se7en Chores and Life-Skills we do.

• 7 April 2013: World Health Day.
  • World Health Day from WHO.
  • World Health Day, related Links from UN.

• 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).
  • Quick biography from Factmonster.
  • A great printable biography from Exploring Florida.
  • Brief Bio from FCPS.Edu
  • Bio from Findagrave.
  • Explorer Page from Enchanted Learning

• 8 April 2013: 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 2013: National Sibling Day.
  • Se7en Tips on Surviving Sibling Rivalry.
  • Se7en Things People Ask Me About Siblings.

• 12 April 2013: Holocaust Remembrance Day
  • What is this day all about from About.com
  • How to organize a Remembrance Day from The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
  • South African Jewish Museum in Cape Town.

• 12 April 1981: Space Shuttle First Launched (1981).
  • Heaps of Shuttle links from Kidskonnect.
  • An overview of the Space Shuttle from Starchild at NASA.
  • How the Space Shuttle Works from How Stuff Works.

• 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.
  • Guy Fawkes Biography from GuyFawkes.me.uk
  • A whole heap of great cool kids form muddlepuddle.co.uk
  • From the Tower of London a Virtual Tour for kids.
  • Se7en Met Guy Fawkes at the Tower of London.


• 13 April 1743: Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday.
  • Lots of links and trivia fun at Easy fun School.
  • Such fabulous activities for kids at the Monticello classroom.
  • Garden of Praise is always good for a biography and a couple of games and printables.

• 14 April 1912: Titanic hit an Iceberg.
  • Se7en’s !00th Anniversary of the Titanic
  • Heaps of facts and links at Kidsconnect.
  • Brilliant lesson plan printout from museumvictoria.com.au

• 15 April 1452: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Birthday.
  • Se7en Discover the Great Artists: Leonardo Da Vinci.
  • Leonardo Activities from Universal Leonardo.
  • The Genius of Leonardo, lesson ideas from learnersonline.
  • Great Leonardo facts and activities at a differentplace.org.
  • The Museum of Science has great interactive Leonardo pages.
  • The Leonardo Museum, in Vinci… lots of online cool…

• 16 April 1867: Wilbur Wright’s Birthday.
  • Great Fun Virtual Links from Discovery.com
  • The Wright Brothers from PBSKids.
  • Fabulous information from Social Studies for Kids.
  • More Wonderful Links from KidsKonnect.

• 21 April 1509: Henry VIII became King of England.
  • Great site for kids – Totally Love It!!!
  • Isn’t Activity Village Great.
  • Fun Game from BBC.schools.
  • Henry VIII’s wives – printable from Scholastic.
  • History Detectives: An Interactive Game from Scholastic.
  • Follow the links to Paperdolls.


• 22 April (1970): Earth Day.
  • Se7en’s Recycle Crafts…

  Last Year’s Links at Se7en.

  • Kaboose, Kaboose, Kaboose.
  • Time for Kids Special.
  • Earth Day Info from EPA.gov.

• 21 April 1926: Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday
  • BBC has a fabulous kids page on Queen Elizabeth II.
  • 85 Facts about the Queen in the Telegraph.
  • Fast Facts and Links on Kids Connect.

• 22 April 2013: National Jelly Bean Day.
  • National Jelly Bean Day Links from the Examiner.
  • Jelly Bean Day from Squidoo.
  • Oh I wish they had factory tours like this over here!!! From JellyBelly.com

• 23 April 1564: Shakespeare’s Birthday (1564 – 1616)
  • Happy Birthday William Shakespeare and a Visit to the Globe Theatre.
  • Follow the link to se7en of the Best Shakespeare goodies for kids…
  • Shakespeare Under the Stars…
  • Shakespeare is Elementary and heaps of links.
  • Shakespeare for children from Squidoo – Love it!!!
  • Absolute Shakespeare.
  • Mr William Shakespeare and the internet.
  • Shakespeare Online.
  • The Shakespeare from PBS.

• 23 April 2013: St. Georges Day.
  • Se7en of the best Dragon Books from Hood #1.
  • You just can’t beat Activity Village. Everything you need here.
  • All about St Georges Day from Woodlands Jumior.
  • Facts, poems and a wordsearch from Scholastic.
  • George Sprays the Dragon – Interactive Game from Scholastic.<

• 24 April 2013: International Astronomy Day.
  • If you are mad about space then Space.com…
  • Lots of fun for kids at Astronomy.com

• 25 April 2011: World Penguin Day.
  • Se7en’s Penguin Party.
  • Boulders Beach and the Penguin Colony.
  • Penguins at KidZone.
  • Penguin Facts from Penguin Facts.net
  • Kevin Schafer’s Penguin Planet – for photographs.

• 25 April 1666: Great Fire of London.
  • London’s Burning from the Museum of London.
  • Quick history of London by Woodlands Junior.
  • Links to fun activities from Topic Box.

• 25 April 2013: World Malaria Day.
  • Malaria No More… the Challenge.
  • World Malaria Day.

• 25 April 2013: Anzac Day.
  • What is ANZAC day from kids Encyclopedia.au
  • Anzac Day Links.
  • Se7en’s Virtual voyage to Australia, lots of links, lots of crafts, lots of recipes…

• 26 April 1785: John James Audobon’s Birthday (1785 – 1851).
  • Audobon society pages Just for Kids.
  • Activities for kids at Audobon.org.

• 27 April 1994: Freedom Day.
  • South African Public Holidays from Wikipedea.
  • Everything South African from Se7en.

• 27 April 1571: Johannes Kepler’s Birthday (1571 – 1630).
  • Biography from KidsAstronomy.com.
  • Biography from Answers in Genesis.
  • Kepler facts from science kidz.

• 27 April 2013: Save the Frogs Day.
  • Save the Frogs Day.
  • Tadpole to Frog on Crayola.com
  • The Endangered Western Leopard Toad.

• 27 April 1791: Samuel F.B. Morse (1791 – 1872 ).
  • Biography from Answers in Genesis.
  • Lots of links from cybersleuth-kids.
  • Samuel Morse historic site at lgny.com.
  • Biography from Kidsnewsroom.com
  • Couple of links from Yahookids.

• 28 April 1947: Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki.
  • Paper Model of the Kon Tiki.

• 28 April 2010: Poetry Reading Day.
  • Se7en do Poetry packed with resources.
  • Se7en Make Poetry Notebooks.
  • The brilliant Teachers Guide to poetry… love it!!!

• 29 April 1842: Zipper Patented.
  • Great page about zippers – scroll down for factoids, from IdeaFinder.
  • History of the Zipper by Thomasnet.com.
  • Another quick history from Askandyaboutclothes.