
Every month as I begin preparing our calendar post I ask our followers on instagram what theme they would like on their calendar for their fridge… this month it was pretty unanimous: bugs and flowers. So here is your free printable calendar… click on it and it should ope in a fresh window, print it landscape and colour away. We add a couple of dates we especially want to remember to our calendar before we pop it onto our noticeboard.

- 1 April 2013: April Fool’s Day.
- 2 April 2013: International Children’s Book Day.
- 2 April 1875: Hans Christian Andersen’s Birthday.
- 3 April 1860: First Pony Express Service.
- 3 April 1934: Jane Goodall’s Birthday.
- 5 April 2013: Read A Road Map Day.
- 6 April 1909: North Pole discovered in 1909.
- 6 April 1483: Raphael’s Birthday (1483 – 1520).
- 7 April 2013: No Housework Day.
- 7 April 2013: World Health Day.
- 7 April 1739: Dick Turpin (1739).
- 8 April 1460: Ponce de Leon (1460 – 1521).
- 8 April 2013: 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 2013: National Sibling Day.
- 12 April 2013: Holocaust Remembrance Day
- 12 April 1981: Space Shuttle First Launched (1981).
- 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.
- 13 April 1743: Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday.
- 14 April 1912: Titanic hit an Iceberg.
- 15 April 1452: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Birthday.
- Se7en Discover the Great Artists: Leonardo Da Vinci.
- 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.
- 21 April 1509: Henry VIII became King of England.
- 22 April (1970): Earth Day.
- Se7en’s Recycle Crafts…
- Kaboose, Kaboose, Kaboose.
- Time for Kids Special.
- Earth Day Info from EPA.gov.
- 21 April 1926: Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday
- 22 April 2013: National Jelly Bean Day.
- 23 April 1564: Shakespeare’s Birthday (1564 – 1616)
- Happy Birthday William Shakespeare and a Visit to the Globe Theatre.
- Follow the link to se7en of the Best Shakespeare goodies for kids…
- Shakespeare Under the Stars…
- 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 2013: St. Georges Day.
- 24 April 2013: International Astronomy Day.
- 25 April 2011: World Penguin Day.
- 25 April 1666: Great Fire of London.
- 25 April 2013: World Malaria Day.
- 25 April 2013: Anzac Day.
- 26 April 1785: John James Audobon’s Birthday (1785 – 1851).
- 27 April 1994: Freedom Day.
- 27 April 1571: Johannes Kepler’s Birthday (1571 – 1630).
- 27 April 2013: Save the Frogs Day.
- 27 April 1791: Samuel F.B. Morse (1791 – 1872 ).
- 28 April 1947: Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki.
- 28 April 2010: Poetry Reading Day.
- 29 April 1842: Zipper Patented.







































