This Week (21 September) at Se7en…

Another September week with a whole lot of new days to celebrate. Here are September’s Calendars:

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

And here are this weeks links, have fun!!!

• 21 September: International Day of Peace.
  • Pinwheels for Peace. We are Definitely making pinwheels today, thanks to Ordinary Life Magic for the link to follow.
  • Peace One Day.
  • International Day of Peace.
  • Peace Day Crafts and Activities from Crayola.

• 22 September: Elephant Appreciation Day.
  • Woven Camouflage Beasts on Safari from Se7en.
  • Elephant Crafts from Crayola.
  • Family Fun has so many elephantine things that I am just sending you the list of links!
  • Addo Elephant Park. So near and yet so very far – we should have been here!!!

  Fun Elephant Facts and heaps of links from Kidsconnect.

  • National Geographic – of course!!!
• 22 September: Band Aid Invented (1920).
  • History of the Band Aid from About.com
  • And Wikipedia.
  • Where have I been!!! Check these out at ThisNext.

• 23 September: Hokusai, Japanese Artist (1760 – 1849.)
  • Coloring Pages and Art Activities from Enchanted Learning.
  • Brief facts from Ibiblio.
  • Fabulous site: Kids Web Japan.
• 24 September: Jim Henson’s Birthday (1936 – 1990).
  • Fun info from Wiki-entertainment.
  • The Official Muppet Site.
  • Puppet Crafts from About.com
  • Wild Thing Shadow Puppets from Se7en.
  • A Plethora of Pirate Puppets from Se7en.
















• 24 September: National Punctuation Day (U.S.A.).
  • Here is a look at wonderful punctuation books by Lynn Truss.
  • Punctuation goodies from KidsConnect.
  • Woodlands Junior is always packed with good stuff!
• 24 September: Christopher Reeves Birthday (1952 – 2004).
  • Christopher Reeve Biography.

• 25 September: Native American Day.
  • From Edtech this site has everything: crafts, links, lesson plans, everything!!!
  • Facts for kids organized by tribe from native-languages.
  • You have to look at these wooden toys that were featured in LMNOP.
• 25 September: Shel Silverstein born (1930).
  • The Official Site with totally brilliant printables!
  • Who he is from Wikipedia!

• 26 September: Johnny Appleseed’s Birthday (1774 – 1845).
  • Heaps of links from KinderArt.
  • More Apple and Appleseed ideas from DLTK.
  • The Celebrity Chef Makes Apple Pie in Se7en Steps.
  • Brilliant page full of links from Vicki Blackwell.
• 27 September: Yom Kippur.
  • Fabulous kids guide to Yom Kippur from Chabad.org.
  • You have to love Torah Tots and all their crafts and activities.
  • All about Yom Kippur from kiddy house.
  • More about Yom Kippur from BJE.



• 27 September: Crush a Can Day.
  • Quick and Easy Tin Can Wind-Chimes from Se7en.
  • How to crush a can in 30 milliseconds from instructables.