This Week (24th August) 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:

• 24 August: Waffle Iron Patented (1869).
  • History of the waffle iron from Wikipedia.
  • Wonderful waffles in Se7en Steps.
  • Watch this youtube video of “Do you like waffles?” Just for Fun.
  • Here is a Sunday Snippet on Pancakes and Waffles

• 24 August: Mount Vesuvius Errupted (79).
  • Frothing volcano, just “build a volcano” around your brew.
  • The Facts from Kids.Net.Au
  • A Volcano’s Deadly Ash.
  • Heaps of Vesuvius Links
  • Visit Pompeii with travel for kids.
  • Heaps of links to Roman resources including Pompeii from Proteacher.
  • Information on Volcanoes and an webquest, from guilford k-12.

• 24 August: First Swimmer crossed the English Channel (1875).
  • The Official Channel Swimming Association Website.
  • Swimming the English Channel – the Facts, from the BBC.
  • A channel swimmer’s diary from About.com
  • Follow this Two Way English Channel Blog and read about all her training.
• 25 August: National Banana Split Day (U.S.A).
  • As close as we have to a banana split here! I need to amend that!!!
  • Hosting a Banana Split Contest, from associated content..
  • Recipes galore – Oh heaven!!! From Cd Kitchen.
  • A Banana Split quizz from Yumsugar.
  • A How To Video from Gone-ta-pott.

• 26 August: National Dog Day (U.S.A.).
  • Hot Dogs From Scratch, by the Celebrity Chef.
  • Go Dog Go – Do You Like My Hat? in Se7en Steps.
  • Fun dog activities from first-school.
  • Dog breed quiz for kids from National Geographic.
  • Dog Activities for kids from How Stuff Works.
  • What Dog Breed Are You? From Dogster.com.
  • The Dog Guide from Animal Planet.
  • And Puppy Games from Animal Planet.
  • Kids Stuff from the American Kennel Association.
  • Dog Facts from How to love your Dog.
• 26 August: Woman’s Vote Day.
  • Women’s Suffrage from About.com
  • Great resources from Scholastic.
  • The History of Women’s Suffrage from History.com
  • Women’s Suffrage from Wikipedia.
  • Women’s Suffrage from History.com
• 27 August: Mother Theresa’s Birthday (1910).
  • Mother Theresa from My Hero.
  • Worksheet from Penguin Readers.
• 28 August: Dream Day – Martin Luther King Jr.(1963).
  • All things Martin Luther King Jr. from Kaboose.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. from Infoplease.
  • Heaps of Resources from family education.

• 30 National Melted Marshmallow Day (U.S.A.).
  • Celebrity Chef’s Marshmallow Surprise.
  • Marshmallows from Wikipedia.
  • Make Your Own from How Stuff Works.
  • S’more Day Links from Se7en.
• 30 August: Cleopatra committed suicide day (30 BC).
  • Cleopatra from AtoZ kids stuff.
  • Biography from BBC.
  • Heaps of resources from Social Studies for Kids.
  • Queen Cleopatra from About.com
  • Cleopatra Face Painting from 4to40.com
  • Cleopatra coloring page from Fantasyjr.