This Week (7 December) At Se7en…

So this is December and we are busy doing all sorts of Christmas preparations and having a lot of Advent Fun… So blog things are running a little late!!!

But here are the Calendars:

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

Here is our weekly picture celebrating Hood #8… Oh I just can’t decide!!!

The serious boy

The laughing out loud boy

The what on earth are my brothers doing while I try to find my thumb boy.

And here are a few links for this week:

• 7 December 2009: Pearl Harbor Day (1941).
  • Lots of useful links from Social Studies for Kids.
  • Lesson Plan from National Geographic.
  • Expedition Pearl Harbor from National Geographic.

• 8 December 2009: National Brownie Day (U.S.A.).
  • Oh my goodness, don’t click through if you want to survive!!! With love from CDkitchen.
  • Chocolate Brownies to die for in Se7en Steps.

• 8 December 2009: Eli Whitney’s birthday (1765 – 1825).
  • Eli whitney and the Cotton Gin from About.com
  • the Cotton Gin from Academickids.com
  • The Eli Whitney Museum.
  • Brief bio from Ideafinder,com
• 9 December 2009: Roller Skates Patented (1884).
  • History of Roller skates from About.com
  • Their is a National Museum of Roller Skating in the States.
  • Roller Skating from Wikipedia.

• 10 December 2009: Emily Dickinson Birthday (1830 – 1886).
  • A Brief Biography from Emily Dickinson for Kids.
  • Quotes from Emily Dickinson from Brainyquote.com
  • Emily Dickinson read out loud from Wired for Books.
  • Se7en Do Poetry, Packed with Poetry Resources.
• 11 December 2009: Hanukkah begins at Sundown.
  • This is a brilliant, fun resource from Chabad.org
  • Everything you need to know from Aklah.com
  • Activity village is packed with Hanukkah goodies.
  • Did I mention Kaboose!!!
  • And Don’t forget the Crafty Crow.
  • Hanukah online from Billybearforkids.
  • Hanukkah made simple from Simple Kids.




• 11 December 2009: UNICEF Anniversary (1946).
  • UNICEF history.

• 12 December 2009: Hovercraft Patented (1955).
  • This is brilliant reading, A-Z Science, from Norfolk science.
  • How to Make a Hovercraft with a balloon.
  • How a Hovercraft works from DiscoverHover.

That’s us! Have a Great Week!!!