Se7en’s February… And a Your Free Printable Calendar…

Hay there, welcome to February… Just wanted to say Happy Holidays for February – to you all!!!

Click on the calendar page, it will open in a new tab, print it out (landscape works better) and then colour it and fill in the days that you want to celebrate… pop it on the fridge and you are good to go. You can still find all the calendar pages down the right hand side of our website and they are all gathered together in our Almanac page for easy searching… If you have holidays or ideas that you would like to add then please go ahead and comment, I would love to have our calendars packed to the brim!!!

Here you go:

1 February: Robinson Crusoe Day

• An easy read summary of the story from 20-20 Site.
• The book online.
• Free Audio Download, from Kids.Learnoutloud.
• Very readable kids version from Mainlesson.com
• A lesson plan from ckcolorado.org
• Worksheets from PenguinBooks.

1 February: National Baked Alaska Day.

• Se7en Bake Alaska in Se7en Steps.

2 February: Groundhog Day

• Crafty goodies from the Crafty Crow.
• Cupcake from Family Fun.
• Kaboose has some fun ideas.
• So does Activity Village.

3 February: Elmo’s Birthday

• The Official Site is the only place to be!!!
• Kaboose has an Elmo party.

4 February 1902: Charles Lindbergh’s Birthday (1902 – 1974).

• Biography from PBS.
• The Official Lindbergh site.
• More Lindbergh from PBS.
• PDf Classroom Guide from history.com
• Charles Lindbergh story coloring book from About.com

4 February 1913: Rosa Parks Birthday (1913 – 2005).

• Rosa Parks from Scholastic.
• PBS on the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• Here is her bio from the official site.
• And thank-you Garden of Praise for doing all the hard work and gathering resources and printables.

5 February: Western Monarch Day (U.S.A.)

• Butterfly website .com has just about everything you could imagine on butterflies.
• Lots of links at the Children’s Butterfly site.
• Se7en visit Butterfly World, Cape Town.
• Enchanted Learning has heaps of butterfly goodies.

6 February 1895: Babe Ruth’s Birthday (1895 – 1948)

• Great Collection of resources from Babe Ruth Central.
• Great Collection of Biographical Facts from Answers.com.

6 February 1935: Monopoly Board Game.

• The history of Monopoly!

6 February 1911: Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004).

• Presidential biography from the White House.
• Another biography, from CNN.

7 February 1812: Charles Dickens Birthday (1812 – 1870)

• The most amazing page of links and works and activities, from ac-nancy-metz.fr
• Totally cool for kids “Bleak House Game” from the BBC.
• Charles Dickens Internet Scavenger Hunt, from lesson plans page.

7 February 1867: Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867 – 1957).

• I totally love this site and use it every time my kids read a Little House book for school… Love the Family tree.
• Printables from Laura Ingalls Wilder Home.com

8 February: Clean out Your Computer Day.

• With only se7en bazillion photographs, not to mention millions of emails on my computer I was happy to allow this day to pass totally uncelebrated.

8 February 1828: Jules Verne (1828 – 1905).

• My Hero has a biograhy.
• If you are into Virtual travel then you will like this!!! from Walden.com.
• Michael Palin’s Trip.

9 February 1894: Hershey Chocolate Founded (1894).

• You could do worse than visit Hershey’s Chocolate World.
• All about Hershey.
• The history of Hershey, from the Hershey Company.
• Quick facts from Ideafinder.com

10 February 2012: Chinese New Year

• Activity Village seriously has everything you need for Chinese New Year… the story, games, crafts, activities… everything.
• Kaboose has some Chinese New Year Fun…
• Lots and lots of links on KathiMithchell’s site.
• If you see a Dragon… Pray for China.

11 February 1990: Nelson Mandela Released (1990).

• Nelson Mandela from Time for Kids.
• News report from BBC On This Day.
• Happy Birthday Madiba from Se7en.
• Madiba Magic Silk Shirts from Se7en.
• Madiba coloring page from Crayola.
• Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Fund.
• A Lesson Plan from teachernet.uk

11 February 1847: Thomas Edison (1847 – 1931).

• As usual you cannot beat the Garden of Praise.
• Time for Kids have Thomas Edison Fun.
• Very cool book with activities from Laurie Carlson.
• Nice kiddable biography with links from kidcyber.
• Scroll down for lots of lovely links from Sciencenetlinks.com.
• The Edison Mental Fitness Test.
• Play Edison Invents…

12 February 1809: Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865).

• Lots of Links from Apples for the Teacher.
• Garden of Praise does Abraham Lincoln.
• Abraham Lincoln from Crayola.
• An illustrated timeline by kids, for kids

12 February 1809: Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882).

• Quick Questions about his life from About Darwin.
• The Great Dinosaur Mystery from Se7en.
• Creation vs. Evolution Book Review.

14 February: World Book Giving Day.

• World Book Giving Day Website.
• World Book Giving Day on Se7en.

14 February: Valentines Day.

• Se7en’s Crafty Hearts and Round-Up
• Se7en do Se7en Valentines.
• A Valentine’s Party in Se7en Steps.
• Sunday Snippet: Se7en Valentine Bible Games.
• Just heaps of Links at One Pretty Thing.
• The Crafty Crow is packed with great ideas.
• Activity Village does Valentines Day.
• Kaboose has it all!!!
• Family Fun…
• Crayola Valentine Fun.

14 February: Ferris Wheel Day.

• Quick article on history of the Ferris Wheel from Essortment.
• The Whole Story from HydeParkHistory.org

15 February: Presidents Day.

• So much cool fun from Kaboose!!!
• President’s Day from Activity Village.
• The reason for Presidents Day, from the National Archives.
• A list of all the American Presidents and a short biography.
• A nifty trick for Presidents Day from Family Fun.

15 February 1564: Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642).

• Totally fabulous site from P.B.S.
• His biography from About.com
• Short biography for kids, from astronomy for kids online.
• And then their is Galileo for kids – read it online and it has activities.

18 February 1930: Pluto Discovered.

• Kids Astronomy tells all about Pluto.
• Pluto FAQ for kids from essortment.com.

18 February: World Whale Day.

• Se7en Welcome the Whales.
• Whale facts and heaps of links at KidsKonnect.

19 February 1473: Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 – 1543).

• Biography from Kids Yahoo.
• Worksheet and coloring page from poland.buffalo.edu
• Early astronomers and links from library point.

20 February 1962: John Glen orbits the earth.

• The story of the orbit from Nasa.gov.

20 February: Toothpick patented (1872).

• Toothpick fun from About.com
• Stacking toothpicks from how stuff works.
• Who knew you could stand on a tooth pick bridge (scroll down)!!! from toothpickdesign.com
• How to make THE bridge from pisymphony.
• Cool Trick from the surfing scientist.

22 February 1732: George Washington (1732 – 1799).

• Social Studies for Kids has a heap of links.
• An interactive mystery, hunting for clues in a painting – The George Washington (Portrait for kids) A National Treasure.
• George Washington for kids with 21 Activities from Google Books.
• Biography and usual goodies from the Garden of Praise.

23 February 1997: Dolly the Sheep Cloned.

• Dolly the Sheep from Kids.net.au
• Genetic fun and Facts from Brain Pop.
• Animal Clones: Double Trouble. from Science News For Kids.

24 February: Purim 2013.

• Purim with Se7en and making easy Hamantashan.
• Everything Purim for Kids on Torah Tots…

24 February: Lantern Festival 2013.

• Tubby and the Lantern and a Se7en Lamp Extravaganza.
• Mr Donn’s Lantern Festival for kids.
• A China Lantern Festival from A China Family Adventure.

24 February: Wilhelm Grimm (1786 – 1859).

• Animated fun from GrimmFairyTales.com, this site has biographies, stories etc.

25 February 1841: Pierre Renoir (1841 – 1919).

• Biography from biography.com
• Biography and links to lesson plans from teachnet.
• Gotta love Artsmarts4kids!!!

26 February 1846: Buffalo Bill (1846 – 1917).

• The Official Buffalo Bill Website.

26 February 1829: Levi Strauss (1829 – 1902)

• Biography from Answers.com
• Another Biography and links from ideafinder.com

27 February: Polar Bear Day.

• Fact sheet from Thinkquest.org
• Cool page with a bit of everything Polar Bearish from Defenders.org.
• National Geographic Creature Feature.
• Polar Bear Links from Kidsturncentral.com
• Fun from DLTK Booklinks.
• Polar Bear Crafts from BrightHub.com
• Cute story and activities from Twiggle Magazine.

27 February 1807: Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow (1807 – 1882).

• Great biography from dlstewart.com
• Biography from poets.org.
• The Official Site from the Maine Historical Society.
• Ten day lesson plan!!! from The Big Read.

28 February 1953: DNA discovered (1953).

• What is DNA from WorldAlmanacforKids.com
• Woohoo cool site!!! Lesson plans and just generally DNA goodies.
• Learn Genetics from UtahUniversity.
• DNA from PBS.
• DNA History from DNAlearningcenter.

• Leap Year Traditions and Facts on Time and Date.com
• And their is of course: LeapYearDay.com!
• Infoplease explains the How and the Why of Leap Years.