This Week (2 November) At Se7en…

So another week and where on earth did October go? I haven’t even turned the calendar from September yet and here we are in November… maybe if I leave it long enough it will be next September and no-one will be any the wiser. These are the calendars for November:

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

Here is our weekly picture celebrating Hood #8…

Here are a couple of links for this week:

• 2 November 2009: Daniel Boone’s Birthday (1734).
  • A list of links from apples4theteacher.
  • Short biography from Myhero.
  • More about Daniel Boone from Daniel Boone’s Homestead.
• 3 November 2009: First Dog Orbited the Earth (1957).
  • Laika from StarChild.

• 3 November 2009: National Sandwich Day.
  • The Father Person Makes Panini’s in Se7en Steps.

• 3 November 2009: Japan Culture Day.
  • What is Culture Day, from Web-Japan?
  • Brilliant site on Japan, from Web-Japan.
  • You can’t beat Activity Village for Japan goodies.
  • An Origami gift Box in Se7en Steps.

• 4 November 2009: King Tutankhamen’s Tomb discovered (1922).
  • Tutankhamen from Mr Donn’s Egypt page.
  • More Tutankamen from Woodlands Junior.
  • The opening of King Tutankhamen’s Tomb from SocialStudiesforKids.

• 5 November 2009: Guy Fawkes Day .
  • Home Truth: Se7en and Fireworks.
  • Bonfire Night from Activity Village.
  • A heap of links from Activity Village.
  • Guy Fawkes Night from Kaboose.
  • Bonfire Night from Woodlands Junior.
  • Se7en visit the Tower of London.

• 7 November 2009: Marie Curie’s Birthday (1867-1934).
  • A biography, with worksheets and printables from Garden of Praise.
  • A biography from World Almanac for Kids.
  • Some great links from Women Scientist in History at Hypatiamaze.org.
  • A Great Marie Curie Page for kids also from Hypatiamaze.org.
• 8 November 2009: Alleged Yeti Tracks Discovered (1951).
  • Shipton’s Yeti track from BigFootEncounters.com
  • The Shipton Photograph from Anomolyinfo.com
  • A biography of Shipton and some factoids from National Gepgraphic.
• 8 November 2009: X-Ray Day (1895).
  • The Early History of X Rays by A.Assmuss.
  • A brief history of x rays from UMW.

That’s us… If you are celebrating something fun, that would be of interest to home-schoolers around the world, then feel free to leave a comment!!!