Se7en’s December…

Here comes December…

1 December 2010: World Aids Day
- The Official Website.
- More on World Aids Day from World Vision.

1 December 2010: 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.
1 December 2010: Rosa Parks Day
- Rosa Parks Bio and worksheets from Garden of Praise.
- Worksheets from ABC teach.
- Worksheets from Enchanted Learning.

3 December 1967: First Human Heart Transplant (1967).
- Human Heart Transplant from Wikipedia.
- All about the Transplant from the Cape Gateway.
- Se7en Hearty Crafts and Then Some More…
4 December 2009: National Cookie Day (U.S.A.)
- National cookie Day from Muppets.
- Theme of the Week {Cookie Monster}.
- Se7en of the Best Cookie Recipes.

4 December 1935: Game Of Monopoly Debuted (1935).
- The History of Monopoly.
- History and Fun Facts from Hasbro.
- History from Wikipedia.
5 December 1901: Walt Disney’s Birthday (1901 – 1966).
- All things Biographical from justdisney.com.
- Disney from Time 100.

7 December 1941: 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 2010: 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 1765: 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 1884: 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 1830: 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.

12 December 1955: 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.

14 December 1911: South Pole First Reached (1911).
- Se7en travels to Antarctica – seriously!
- An Antarctic Timeline from south-pole.com
- Newspaper Article on the Discovery from The Age. Dated 1912.
- Race to the South Pole from the BBC.

14 December 1546: Tycho Brahe (1546-1601).
- Biography from The Galileo Project.
- His life from Wikipedia.
- A brief biography from Startchild.
- Some good facts in this biography from kids.net.au
- Lesson plans from Oklahoma Home School.

16 December 1773: Boston Tea Party (1773).
- All about it from Social Studies for kids.
- Paragraph from Kids Past.com
- This is great from PBS.
- And fun from Liberty’s Kids
- Lesson plans and worksheets from Teacher Planet.
- Lap Book from HomeschoolHelperOnline.

16 December 1770: Ludwig Von Beethoven’s Birthday (1770 – 1792).
- Everything from All About Beethoven.
- Bio and music from Making Music Fun.
- List of Links at Kids Connect.

16 December 2010: Chocolate Coated Anything Day.
- All about the day from Holiday Insights.
- Se7en do a mini-fondue, scroll down in our science party.
- Se7en Dip Leaves…

17 December 2010: Maple Syrup Day.
- From HolidayInsights.
- Maple Syrup harvesting from Yankee Grocery
- How to celebrate from Wikihow.
- Printables from About.com
- Wonderful Waffles in Se7en Steps.
- Se7en Do Pancakes Too.

17 December 2010: Wright Brothers Day.
- Brief bio from PBS kids.
- More about them from Kids.Dicovery.com
- More history from social studies for kids.
- Heaps of links from KidsKonnect.
- Great information form Centenial of Flight.
- The Wright Brothers Memorial from nps.gov

17 December 1843: A Christmas Carol first published in 1843.
- Links to everything you could possibly need about “A Christmas Carol” from Mr. Donn.
- Kaboose has “A Christmas Carol.”

18 December 1892: The Nutcracker Suite Premiered in 1892.
- Links to everything you could possibly need on “the Nutcracker.”
18 December 1946: Steven Spielberg’s Birthday (1946).
- Biography from Wikipedia.
- Biography from IMDB.

19 December 1732: Poor Richards Almanac first published 1732.
- Poor Richard’s Almanac from Liberty Kids.
- A Quiz from thinkQuest.

21 December 1620: Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth (1620).
- Gotta love this Thanksgiving page from Hubbards Cupboard.
- Heaps of resources from TeacherVision.
- Have a look at the kids section of Pilgrims.

22 December 1938: A living coelacanth was discovered (1938).
- Everything you need to know on the dinofish page.
- Another great page from PBS.
- The Smithsonian has a summary.

25 December 2010: Christmas.
- Se7en Do Christmas.
- Activity Village.
- Family Fun
- Kaboose.
- One Pretty Thing
- The Craft Crow.
26 December 2010: Boxing Day.
- What is Boxing day from Kaboose.
- Quick Facts from the Fact Monster.
26 December 2010: Kwanzaa starts.
- The Official Site.
- Kwanzaa from Kaboose.

26 December 1606: First performance of Aida (1606)
- Aida from Classics for Kids.
- All about Verdi from Classics for Kids.

27 December 1571: Johannes Kepler’s Birthday (1571 – 1630)
- A Biography from Kids Astronomy.
- Another biography from Astronomy for Kids Online.
- Cool Facts from Science Kids.

27 December 2009: Louis Pasteur’s Birthday (1822 – 1895).
- Biography from the BBC.
- Great printable Lesson Plan.

30 December 1865: Rudyard Kiplings Birthday (1865 – 1936).
- Biography and Works from Readprint.com
- The Biography and links to his works from online-literature.com
- His Biography from BiographyBase.com

31 December 1869: Henri Matisse’s Birthday (1869 – 1954).
- Biography at Art Smarts for Kids.
- Biography and great ideas at Making Art Fun.
- Loads of Matisse ideas and links at Incredible @rt.
- Matisse cut-out fun from PBS.

And if you are looking for more then here is a list of calendars to browse:

6 Replies to “Se7en’s December…”

Sofia's Ideas says:

1 December 2010 at 3:30 pm

Bookmarked! Can’t wait to dive in and add some of these things to our plans! Thanks so much for sharing this with us! 🙂
se7en says:

1 December 2010 at 6:28 pm

Glad you like it Sofia.. Hope you have a great day!!!
Cheryl says:

3 December 2010 at 1:00 am

Intriguing links to click on. What a mixture. Kepler’s birthday and anything covered in chocolate. Something for everyone! Great list, as ever.
KM says:

3 December 2010 at 2:46 am

OH MY! so many links so little time. I’m in awe of what you find and WHAT YOU DO! THANKS!!!!!! :):)
se7en says:

3 December 2010 at 7:57 am

Hi Cheryl… I think I will stick to the chocolate covered something day!!! And we have a lovely over cast day – we can always pretend it is cold and snuggle in!!! Have a fun Friday!!!
se7en says:

3 December 2010 at 7:59 am

Hay KM, Good to hear from you!!! As Always… How is your wonderful Christmas list of things to do going!!! I loved your list!!! Have a fun fun weekend!!!