Se7en’s April…

Welcome to April and here is your free printable calendar… click on it and it should open 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.

Otherwise, we created an online store, to support our blog, and you can download and print our entire calendar for the whole of 2019, if you click through to our online shop.

April’s Activities…

1 April: April Fool’s Day.

• Se7en’s Official Languages.
• HandMade Charlotte’s Traditional French April Fool’s Fish Game.
• The top 100 hoaxes of all time… from the museum of hoaxes…

2 April: 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 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.

• Absolutely everything you need from 42Explore – links galore, lesson plans, books, printables…

3 April 1934: Jane Goodall’s Birthday.

• The Jane Goodall Institute.
• Quick Facts on Science Kids.
• And on notable biographies…

5 April 2013: Read A Road Map Day.

Se7en+1 Tips for Conquering Mapwork…
• Se7en Make Road Maps…
• 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.
• Great Lesson on St. George and The Dragon from Garden of Praise.

7 April: 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.

7 April 1739: Dick Turpin (1739).

• The Epic Highwayman from Stand and Deliver.
• The Highwayman Poem from POTW.

8 April 1460: Ponce de Leon (1460 – 1521).

• Quick biography from Factmonster.
• A great printable biography from Exploring Florida.
• 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.
• You Are Your Brother’s Keeper.

12 April 1981: Space Shuttle First Launched (1981).

• 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.

• Heaps to look at at Paul Revere’s House (Heaps of good stuff in the Kids Section).
• This is Fun!!! from EarlyAmerica.com

13 April 1570: Guy Fawkes Birthday.

• Guy Fawkes Biography from GuyFawkes.me.uk
• History of the Tower of London…
• Se7en Met Guy Fawkes at the Tower of London.

13 April 1743: Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday (1743-1826).

• 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 100th Anniversary of the Titanic… this post is packed with fun activities.
• Tons of colouring pages from Kids-n-fun.
• Would you have survived the Titanic on Nat Geo Kids?

15 April 1452: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Birthday (1452-1519).

• Se7en Discover the Great Artists: Leonardo Da Vinci.
• Leonardo Activities from Universal Leonardo.

16 April 1867: Wilbur Wright’s Birthday.

• Fast Facts on the Wright Brothers…
• 11 More Fun Facts…

21 April 1509: Henry VIII became King of England.

• Isn’t Activity Village Great.
• Fun Game from BBC.schools.
• History Detectives: An Interactive Game from Scholastic.
• Follow the links to Paperdolls.

22 April (1970): Earth Day.

• Se7en’s Recycle Crafts…
• Join GreenPop and plant some trees.
• 50 Earth Day Activities on Tinkerlab.
• Earth Day on Activity Village.

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.

22 April: National Jelly Bean Day.

• 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 for children from Squidoo – Love it!!!
• Absolute Shakespeare.
• Shakespeare Online.

23 April: St. Georges Day.

• Se7en of the best Dragon Books from Hood #1.
• You just can’t beat Activity Village. Everything you need here.
• Facts, poems and a wordsearch from Scholastic.

25 April: World Penguin Day.

• The Penguin Walk 2014
• Se7en’s Penguin Party.
• Boulders Beach and the Penguin Colony.
• Penguins and the Two Oceans Aquarium.
• Penguins at KidZone.
• Kevin Schafer’s Penguin Planet – for photographs.

25 April 1666: Great Fire of London.

• London’s Burning from the Museum of London.

25 April: World Malaria Day.

• Malaria No More… the Challenge.
• World Malaria Day.

25 April 2013: Anzac Day.

• Se7en’s Virtual voyage to Australia, lots of links, lots of crafts, lots of recipes…
• What is ANZAC day from kids Encyclopedia.au

26 April 1785: John James Audobon’s Birthday (1785 – 1851).

• Audobon society pages Just for Kids.
• Activities for kids at Audobon.org.

26 April: Save the Frogs Day.

• Learning About Western Leopard Toads in the Silvermine Valley…
• Se7en Learn About Frogs and Frogging with the Young Explorers App…
• Save the Frogs Day.
• Tadpole to Frog on Crayola.com
• The Endangered Western Leopard Toad.

27 April 1994: Freedom Day.

• Everything South African from Se7en.
• Flowers for Madiba
• South African Public Holidays from Wikipedea.

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 2014: Holocaust Remembrance Day.

• What is this day all about from About.com
• South African Jewish Museum in Cape Town.

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.

28 April 1947: Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki.

• The Kon Tiki Museum…
• Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki Voyage.

28 April: International Astronomy Day.

• If you are mad about space then Space.com…

29 April 1842: Zipper Patented.

• Great page about zippers – scroll down for factoids, from IdeaFinder.
• History of the Zipper by Thomasnet.com.