This Week (13 July) At Se7en…

A new week with a whole lot of 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:

• 13 July: National French Fry Day (U.S.A).
  • All you need to know about French Fries from Chemistry Daily.com
  • Belgian Fries official site – follow the links along the top for the most amazing information!
  • French Fry Toppings from Family Fun


• 13 July: Bon fest and Feast of Lanterns (Japan).
  • All things Japan from Crayola.com
  • Se7en Crafty Lamps: Most of these lamps work out great for summer evenings out doors… Candles, Lava Lamps, Paper Lanterns, Tin Can Lamps, Paper Box Lamps, Mini Pinata Lamps.
  • The Feast of Lanterns and The Legend of the Blue Willow.

• 14 July: Bastille Day.
  • What’s it all about by Social Studies for Kids.com
  • Just about everything Bastille Day from Social Studies for Kids.
  • Celebration Ideas from About.com
  • How to celebrate from eHow
  • Bastille Day from About.com
  • Bastille Day from Crayola.com
  • Bastille Day Theme Party from Celebrations.com

• 15 July: First Boeing 707 (1954).
  • History Facts for the 707.
  • Free Printable Paper Airplane Models from Airplane Collectable Net Resource
• 15 July: Rembrandt Van Rijn’s Birthday (1606).
  • Bio from Fact Monster.
  • Bio from My Hero.
  • Art Works and Links from Kids Connect.
  • Art Lesson Ideas from Examiner.com
  • Lesson Plans Discovery Education.
  • Click on the green Rembrandt button for an interactive timeline – from Rembrandt House.
  • Great Lesson Idea from Crayola.
• 16 July: Apollo 11 lifts off (1969).
  • Apollo 11 news from Space.com
  • The Apollo 11 crew from NASA.
  • Great worksheet Lesson from usmint.gov
  • The Hitchhikers Guide to the Moon for moonlovers from shallowsky.com
• 16 July: Roald Amundsen born (1872).
  • A biography from Enchanted Learning.
  • Bio with heaps of Lesson Plan ideas from HomeSchoollearning.com.
  • A short bio from kids.net.au.
  • Bio from PBS.
  • Heaps of goodies from Cool Antarctica.
  • Fabulous links to worksheets and activities from homeschool blogger.
• 17 July: Disneyland opened (1955) .
  • Interesting history of DisneyLand from About.com

• 18 July: Cow Appreciation Day.
  • Cow Crafts from About.com
  • Cow Cake from Family Fun.
  • Milk cow craft from crayola.com

• 18 July: Nadia Comaneci scored the first perfect 10 in the Olympic Games (1976).
  • Bio from Wikipedia.
  • Bio from My Hero.com

• 18 July: National Ice-Cream Day (U.S.A.).
  • Ice-Cream in a Ziplock Bag in Se7en Steps!
  • Home-Made Ice-Cream in Se7en Steps.
  • Ice-Cream Cookies in Se7en Steps.

That’s it – Have a Great Week!