This Week (22 June) At Se7en…

A new week and new days to celebrate…

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

And these are the days we will be looking at this week:

• 24 June: U.F.O. Day
  • Celebrate U.F.O. Day with ehow.com
  • U.F.O. sightings and images.
  • KidsConnect U.F.O. Page.
  • Outer Space Party from Family Fun.
  • Kaboose Fun, Games and Printables.

• 25 June: Eric Carle’s Birthday (1929)
  • The Official Website – everything you will ever need to do with Eric Carle can be found here.
  • Se7en’s Eric Carle Rocket Craft.
• 25 June: George Orwell’s Birthday (1903-1950)
  • A short bio from Kids.net.au
  • Animal Farm – An overview.
  • Nineteen Eighty Four – An overview.

• 26 June: Bicycle Patented (1819)
  • Ten Fun Facts About Bikes – from National Geographic.
  • Bicycle History Timeline.
  • Another Timeline from iBike.
  • A great history of bikes for kids, with images, from pedaling history.
• 26 June: Toothbrush Invented (1498)
  • History of the toothbrush.
  • More History from About.com.
  • A brief history from Everyday Mysteries.

• 27 June: Helen Keller Born (1880)
  • Biography from the Helen Keller Kids Museum Online.
  • Tons of links on the Helen Keller page at Kids Connect.
  • Helen Keller bio and worksheets from Garden of Praise.
  • A great list of links from emints
  • Bio, worksheets and lesson plans from Homeschool Learning.com
• 27 June: Happy Birthday Song (1859)
  • Fun Facts about “Happy Birthday to You.”
  • Birthday Traditions Around the World.
  • How to say Happy Birthday around the World.
  • Love these birthday traditions from around the world from kidsparties.com

• 28 June: Paul Bunyan Day
  • A collection of Paul Bunyan stories.
  • Wikipedia entry on The Legend
• 28 June: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
• The Official Site and Virtual Gallery of Paintings.
• Biography from the Web Museum in Paris.
• A list of links from the Fact Monster.
• Garden of Praise has great page with printables.
• Fabulous worksheets with color photographs from Ringling Museum.
• A Baroque Worksheet.

• 28 June: WWI Began (1914)
  • WWI timeline from the BBC.
  • Great stuff for kids from BBC schools.
  • A list of links from KidsKonnect.com.
  • Cybersleuth’s list of links.
  • Lots of Great Links and things to see and do from the BBC.

That’s it – Have a Great Week.