2 April 20122 April 2012 by se7en

Se7en’s April… And Another Free Printable Calendar…

And here is your free printable calendar for April 2012 (click on it and it should open in a fresh tab ready to print). The featured recipe is Crispy Chocolate Cornflake Crunch – Hope you enjoy it!!!

1 April 2012: April Fool’s Day.
- Family Fun… heaps of goodies!!!
- Kaboose has a couple of crafts.
- The top 100 hoaxes of all time… from the museum of hoaxes…
2 April 2012: International Children’s Book Day.
- All About it from About.com
- Se7en’s Book Crafts.
- Se7en + 1 Ways to Make Books More Memorable.
- Se7en tips for Family Reading Time.
- So You Have Raised a Reader – Now What?

2 April 1875: Hans Christian Andersen’s Birthday.
- A Biography from the Famous Danes sight.
- A fun story site for kids from Andersen Fairy Tales.
- His Life and Works from the Hans Christian Anderson Centre.
- Papercuts from the Royal Library.

3 April 1860: First Pony Express Service.
- Absolutley everything you need from 42Explore – links galore, lesson plans, books, printables…

3 April 1934: Jane Goodall’s Birthday.
- The Jane Goodall Institute.
- More about her at animal.discovery.com
- Time for Kids interview Jane Goodall.

5 April 2012: Read A Road Map Day.
- World Map in Se7en Steps.
- Mapping Nature Sitings.
- Meal Mapping with Kids.

6 April 1909: North Pole discovered in 1909.
- The Controversy begins from Trivia Library.
- An Epic Article from the Smithsonian.
- North Pole FAQ from Best Russian Tour.
- The Polar Controversy – This is an interesting read from Survey History!!!
- Peary: Arctic Explorer from Enchanted Learning.

6 April 1483: Raphael’s Birthday (1483 – 1520).
- Brief bio from The Art Gallery.
- Brief bio and facts from Facts – About.org.uk
- Good Bio from All About Renaissance Faires.
- Great Lesson on St. George and The Dragon from Garden of Praise.

6 April 2012: Passover Begins.
- Se7en’s Passover Dinner and a Platter of Plagues…
- Se7en’s Passover Resources.
- As usual you can’t beat Kaboose.
- Passover fun from Crayola.
- And I love Torah Tots (beware of the music if you are surfing in the dead of night – you might die of fright!!!)
- Passover from Chabad.org – brilliant!!! Totally Brilliant!!!

7 April 2012: No Housework Day.
- Se7en Things I Would Like My Kids to Learn From Doing Chores.
- Motivations to Get Kids to Do Their Chores: What Works and What Doesn’t.
- Se7en Chores and Life-Skills we do.

7 April 2012: World Health Day.
- World Health Day from WHO.
- World Health Day, related Links from UN.

7 April 1739: Dick Turpin (1739).
- The Epic Highwayman from Stand and Deliver.
- Kid Friendly bio from y2u.co.uk.
- The Highwayman Poem from POTW.
- Lesson Plan from TCT.

08 April 2011: Easter Sunday
- Se7en’s Complete Easter Round-Up… Crafts, Traditions and Recipes.
- Se7en things to do the week before Easter.
- Se7en’s Easter Round-up, recipes and crafts galore.

8 April 1460: Ponce de Leon (1460 – 1521).
- Quick biography from Factmonster.
- A great printable biography from Exploring Florida.
- Brief Bio from FCPS.Edu
- Bio from Findagrave.
- Explorer Page from Enchanted Learning

8 April 2012: International Roma Day.
- Firstly What is Roma Day? Here is a definition from Voice of Roma. This site has heaps of links to Roma people all over the world…
- You can learn all about Roma Culture you can have a look at the Wikipedia page.
- Roma – Facts or Fiction on Ezine articles…
- Want to see a Roma caravan being built… follow the numbered links on this page – it is a photographic journey from beginning to end.

10 April 2012: National Sibling Day.
- Se7en Tips on Surviving Sibling Rivalry.
- Se7en Things People Ask Me About Siblings.

12 April 2012: Holocaust Remembrance Day
- What is this day all about from About.com
- How to organize a Remembrance Day from The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- South African Jewish Museum in Cape Town.

12 April 1981: Space Shuttle First Launched (1981).
- Heaps of Shuttle links from Kidskonnect.
- An overview of the Space Shuttle from Starchild at NASA.
- How the Space Shuttle Works from How Stuff Works.

12 April 1775: Paul Revere Day.
- The Poem: Paul Revere’s Ride from Paul Revere House.
- Paul Revere from Liberty’s Kids.
- Biography from biography.com.
- Heaps to look at at Paul Revere’s House (Heaps of good stuff in the Kids Section).
- Heaps of Links from About.com
- This is Fun!!! from EarlyAmerica.com
- Great time stamped map from the American Revolution.

13 April 1570: Guy Fawkes Birthday.
- Guy Fawkes Biography from GuyFawkes.me.uk
- A whole heap of great cool kids form muddlepuddle.co.uk
- From the Tower of London a Virtual Tour for kids.
- Se7en Met Guy Fawkes at the Tower of London.

13 April 1743: Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday.
- Lots of links and trivia fun at Easy fun School.
- Such fabulous activities for kids at the Monticello classroom.
- Garden of Praise is always good for a biography and a couple of games and printables.

14 April 1912: Titanic hit an Iceberg.
- Heaps of facts and links at Kidsconnect.
- Brilliant lesson plan printout from museumvictoria.com.au

15 April 1452: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Birthday.
- Leonardo Activities from Universal Leonardo.
- The Genius of Leonardo, lesson ideas from learnersonline.
- Great Leonardo facts and activities at a differentplace.org.
- The Museum of Science has great interactive Leonardo pages.
- The Leonardo Museum, in Vinci… lots of online cool…

16 April 1867: Wilbur Wright’s Birthday.
- Great Fun Virtual Links from Discovery.com
- The Wright Brothers from PBSKids.
- Fabulous information from Social Studies for Kids.
- More Wonderful Links from KidsKonnect.

21 April 1509: Henry VIII became King of England.
- Great site for kids – Totally Love It!!!
- Isn’t Activity Village Great.
- Fun Game from BBC.schools.
- Henry VIII’s wives – printable from Scholastic.
- History Detectives: An Interactive Game from Scholastic.
- Follow the links to Paperdolls.

22 April (1970): Earth Day.
- Se7en’s Recycle Crafts…
- Kaboose, Kaboose, Kaboose.
- Time for Kids Special.
- Earth Day Info from EPA.gov.

22 April 2012: National Jelly Bean Day.
- National Jelly Bean Day Links from the Examiner.
- Jelly Bean Day from Squidoo.
- Oh I wish they had factory tours like this over here!!! From JellyBelly.com

23 April 1564: Shakespeare’s Birthday (1564 – 1616)
- Follow the link to se7en of the Best Shakespeare goodies for kids…
- Shakespeare is Elementary and heaps of links.
- Shakespeare for children from Squidoo – Love it!!!
- Absolute Shakespeare.
- Mr William Shakespeare and the internet.
- Shakespeare Online.
- The Shakespeare from PBS.

23 April 2012: St. Georges Day.
- Se7en of the best Dragon Books from Hood #1.
- You just can’t beat Activity Village. Everything you need here.
- All about St Georges Day from Woodlands Jumior.
- Facts, poems and a wordsearch from Scholastic.
- George Sprays the Dragon – Interactive Game from Scholastic.<

24 April 2012: International Astronomy Day.
- If you are mad about space then Space.com…
- Lots of fun for kids at Astronomy.com

25 April 2011: World Penguin Day.
- Se7en’s Penguin Party.
- Boulders Beach and the Penguin Colony.
- Penguins at KidZone.
- Penguin Facts from Penguin Facts.net
- Kevin Schafer’s Penguin Planet – for photographs.

25 April 1666: Great Fire of London.
- London’s Burning from the Museum of London.
- Quick history of London by Woodlands Junior.
- Links to fun activities from Topic Box.

25 April 2012: Anzac Day.
- What is ANZAC day from kids Encyclopedia.au
- Anzac Day Links.
- Se7en’s Virtual voyage to Australia, lots of links, lots of crafts, lots of recipes…

26 April 1785: John James Audobon’s Birthday (1785 – 1851).
- Audobon society pages Just for Kids.
- Activities for kids at Audobon.org.

27 April 1994: Freedom Day.
- South African Public Holidays from Wikipedea.
- Everything South African from Se7en.

27 April 1571: Johannes Kepler’s Birthday (1571 – 1630).
- Biography from KidsAstronomy.com.
- Biography from Answers in Genesis.
- Kepler facts from science kidz.

27 April 1791: Samuel F.B. Morse (1791 – 1872 ).
- Biography from Answers in Genesis.
- Lots of links from cybersleuth-kids.
- Samuel Morse historic site at lgny.com.
- Biography from Kidsnewsroom.com
- Couple of links from Yahookids.

28 April 1947: Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki.
- Paper Model of the Kon Tiki.

28 April 2010: Poetry Reading Day.
- Se7en do Poetry packed with resources.
- Se7en Make Poetry Notebooks.
- The brilliant Teachers Guide to poetry… love it!!!

29 April 1842: Zipper Patented.
- Great page about zippers – scroll down for factoids, from IdeaFinder.
- History of the Zipper by Thomasnet.com.
- Another quick history from Askandyaboutclothes.

2 Replies to “Se7en’s April… And Another Free Printable Calendar…”

Katherine says:

4 April 2012 at 2:11 am

I love your monthly calendar ideas!!!! You help remind me that everyday is a holiday!!
se7en says:

4 April 2012 at 2:17 am

Thank you Katherine!!! So glad you enjoy our calendars!!! They are a lot of fun to put together!!! Hope you have a fun April!!!

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