Se7en’s June… And a New Free Printable Calendar…

A Couple of our readers have asked us how we use our calendar posts for school. These posts began, and have grown, simply because it was interesting to see what events were occurring on a particular day. We don’t celebrate everyday – but we could!!! At the beginning of each month we print out a new calendar. Then we read through the blog post and pick the days that we would like to celebrate. We write those days out onto our calendar and pop the calendar onto the fridge.

Click on the image, it will open in a fresh tag… print it using landscape mode and colour away!!!

1 June: Donut Day.

• Se7en make donuts and koeksisters.
• The meaning and background to donut day.
• We are going to have to try these!
• A list of endless donut recipes!
• Last link: recipe and background from Dana McCauley

2 June 2012: The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

• The Official Website.
• Enchanted Learning has the most amazing collection of Jubilee Resources ever!!!
• Usborne is as usual a fabulous resource… take a look at their quicklinks for their fabulous royal books.
• Nature Detectives has a page with everything you might need, packed with tons of fun Jubilee printables and resources.
• Great Printables and FlashCards at Instant Display.

2 June 1896: Radio Patented.

• History of the radio for kids from Kidszone.
• History of Radio from Kids.Net.Au.
• More about the inventors of radio from About.com

3 June 1965: First U.S. Space Walk.

• Image of the Walk from NASA.
• A collection of images from NASA.
• More from NASA.

4 June: Aesop’s Birthday

• A Biography from Fairy tales Collection.
• A couple of Fables for kids to read.
• Aesop from Mr. Donn.
• A list of a Aesop stories online.
• A Couple of Activities from DLTK.

4 June 1896: First Ford built.

• A biography.
• Love the Quick Facts!
• A Timeline
• Lesson plan and quiz.
• Biography and worksheets for kids from Garden of Praise.

5 June 1783: First Hot Air Balloon Flight.

• Hot Air Balloon Timeline.
• How a Hot Air Balloon Works from How Stuff Works.
• Early history of flight from About.com

5 June: Gingerbread Day.

• Se7en’s Gingerbread Cookie Recipe.
• Annie’s Gingerbread Page.
• Luvzbluez’s Gingerbread Page has a bit of everything.
• Gingerbread House Recipe’s
• Gingerbread Projects from About.com

5 June: Richard Scarry’s Birthday.

• You can’t beat Squidoo for completeness.
• Just look at this list of titles from Random House.
• Bits and bobs from Sterling Publishing.

5 June: World Environment Day.

• The Official World Environment Site – from UNEP.
• UNEP have a user friendly list of tips.
• World Environment Day for kids – you can click through to their activities.
• You can’t beat Kaboose for crafts and activities.

6 June 1944: D-Day.

• Untold Stories of D-Day from National Geographic.
• D-Day from PBS.
• Heaps of links from the D-Day Museum.

6 June: Yo Yo Day.

• History of Yo-Yo’s from Spintastics.
• Yo-Yo Day from How Stuff Works.
• Yo-Yo Day… and some trivia, from holiday insights.
• Worksheets and lesson plans about yo-yo’s!!!

8 June 1867: Frank Lloyd Wright.

• A brief biography from MyHero.com.
• A more detailed biography.
• This book looks fun.
• Design a house with Frank Lloyd Wright from About.com… click through on Design Studio and get going!

8 June: World Ocean’s Day.

• Se7en Make Kelp Horns.
• Se7en visit the Shark Center.
• Underwater Ocean Scenes with Se7en Crafty Ideas…
• Underwater Party in Se7en Steps…
• Shark Attack Craft in Se7en Steps…
• The Official Site: The Ocean Project.
• The Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town’s own fabulous aquarium.
• Ocean animal crafts from DLTK
• color pages from A to Z, I love the alphabet pages!
• And then there is Kaboose!!! A party with lots of activities
• A quick search for ocean at Crayola.com – oh! wow!!!

9 June 1934: Donald Duck’s Debut.

• A biography from Wikipedia
• All sorts of Donald goodies by Judith.
• Learn to Draw Donald Duck – cool!
• Coloring pages.

9 June 1672: Peter the Great Born.

• Brief biography from historylearningsite.
• lesson ideas from discovery education.

10 June: Ball Point Pen Patented.

• Who knew their was a Ball Point Pen Day! from Wikipedia.

10 June: National Iced Tea Day (U.S.A.).

• National Iced Tea Day from Holiday Insights.
• CD Kitchen has a heap of tea recipes.
• History of tea drinking form Quazen.

11 June 1770: Great Barrier Reef Discovered

• Great Barrier Reef for kids
• Oh look at these photographs of all sorts of sea life.
• National Geographic Explorer – cool scavenging game.
• National Geographic a virtual dive.
• World Almanac.
• Great Barrier Reef Fact Sheet.
• Lesson Plan from National Geographic

11 June 1910: Jacque Cousteau’s Birthday

• A brief Bio from the Cousteau Society from kids.
• Cousteau kids have cool creature features!
• A whole page of Jacque Cousteau from squidoo.
• The Cousteau Homepage

11 June: E.T. Movie premiered.

• E.T. from wikipedia
• E.T. Images – awww cute!

12 June 1929: Anne Frank’s Birthday

• Lots of useful links from Kidskonnect.com
• A biography from MyHero.com
• Garden of Praise has a great biography and worksheets.
• Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam.

13 June 1865: William Butler Yeats Birthday (1865 – 1939).

• Biography from Poemhunter.com.
• Biography from Nobel Prize.org.
• Lots of links from Web English Teacher.

14 June: Flag Day

• Flag Day Links.
• Kaboose, Kaboose, Kaboose!
• Enchanted Learning Activities.
• Flag Day Puzzles of every genre.
• All about Betsy Ross.
• Learn to Fold The American Flag.
• All about the Star Spangled Banner.

14 June: World Juggling Day

• How to Make Juggling Balls.
• Official World Juggling Day Site.
• How to juggle.
• How to juggle with sticks.

15 June 1215: Magna Carta Signed.

• Fact Sheet from SchoolHistory.co.uk
• Comprehension Quiz SchoolHistory.co.uk
• You can’t beat Mr Donn for kids history.
• Short history and an image from kidspast.com
• Another article for kids from historyforkids.org.
• Readable article for kids from Encyclopedia.kids.net.au.
• Details from Britannia.com.

15 June 1752: Benjamin Franklin’s Kite Experiment 1752.

• Pop down to Kite Day (12 May) for links on Se7en.
• The Electric Ben Franklin from UShistory.org
• Fun Article for Kids from codecheck.
• Short article from Let’s Fly a Kite.

16 June 1976: Youth Day 1976 – South Africa.

• Se7en’s South African Links.
• Se7en + 1 Questions Kids Ask About Living in South Africa.
• There Are Two Sides to Almost Every South African Town…
• History of Youth Day from About.com.
• The days through the eyes of Hector Hector Pieterson’s sister.

16 June: Father’s Day.

• Se7en Ways to Encourage Your Father Person.
• Se7en Things a Father Can Give his Children.
• Father’s Day Round-Ups from One Pretty Thing, a Quick Search through the categories will give you all the relevant pages.
• Father’s Day Gifts Kids can make from the Crafty Crow.
• Father’s Day from Family Fun.
• Father’s Day from Kaboose.

16 June: National Fudge Day

• Se7en Make Fudge in a Flash.
• The Celebrity Chef Tries Jamie Oliver’s Mega Chocolate Fudge Cake.
• Recipes from Sweet Treats.
• Ben & Jerry`s Fudge Ice Cream Recipe – Just gotta try this!
• Recipes from Very Best Baking.

17 June 1898: M.C.Escher’s Birthday.

Se7en’s Escher Fun: Pictures, Polygons and Paper Kaleidoscopes…
• A biography for kids from MyHero.com.
• Official website.
• Great printable worksheet.
• More Great Worksheets by Scribd.
• And another bio and day/night by Scribd.
• The mathematical Art of Escher from mathacademy.com.
• Bio from surfnetkids.com.
• Heaps of Escher links.
• Picture Gallery – Symmetry, from MCEscher.org.

18 June 1815: Napoleon defeated at Waterloo.

• Waterloo links from askkids.com.
• Napoleon Bio from Encycloedia.kids.net.au.
• Napoleon defeated by history.com.

19 June 1846: First Organized Baseball Game in New Jersey.

• History of baseball.
• All about baseball from MLBNetwork.
• Baseball links from Kaboose.
• How to play baseball from Wikihow.

19 June 1978: Garfield’s Birthday.

• Just Loving Lasagne in Se7en Steps.
• Garfield’s Official Site.
• Heaps of coloring pages, halfway down on the right.
• More coloring pages from Activity Village.

20 June: Bald Eagle Day.

• The American Eagle Foundation.
• Fact Sheet for kids from Defenders of WildLife.
• Lots of links from the Science Spot: Kid Zone.
• Lots of Bald Eagle Links for Kids, from Eaglestock.com

20 June: International Picnic Day.

• Kids Picnic party from the Picnic-Site.
• Picnic Fun from Expatica.
• Picnic page from Family Fun.
• Love the picnic printable from Wondertime.
• Picnic Fun from Kaboose.

22 June: National Eclair Day.

• Se7en’s Chocolate Eclairs and Pink Cream Puffs.

24 June: U.F.O. Day

• Celebrate U.F.O. Day with ehow.com
• U.F.O. sightings and images.
• KidsConnect U.F.O. Page.
• Outer Space Party from Family Fun.
• Kaboose Fun, Games and Printables.

25 June 1929: Eric Carle’s Birthday.

• The Official Website – everything you will ever need to do with Eric Carle can be found here.
• Se7en’s Eric Carle Rocket Craft.

25 June 1903: George Orwell’s Birthday (1903-1950)

• A short bio from Kids.net.au
• Animal Farm – An overview.
• Nineteen Eighty Four – An overview.

26 June 1819: Bicycle Patented.

• Se7en Brilliant Batik Bikes.
• Ten Fun Facts About Bikes – from National Geographic.
• Bicycle History Timeline.
• Another Timeline from iBike.
• A great history of bikes for kids, with images, from pedaling history.

26 June 1498: Toothbrush Invented.

• History of the toothbrush.
• More History from About.com.
• A brief history from Everyday Mysteries.

26 June: Chocolate Pudding Day (United States).

• In case you have no idea what this is CD kitchen will let you know!!!
• Just in case you need help celebrating… eHow will tell you how!!!
• Bruce Bogtrotter cake via Se7en.
• Se7en’s really easy Chocolate Pastry Pies.
• Se7en’s Chocolate Fridge Cake.
• Rocky Road Cake in Se7en Steps.
• The Celebrity Chef tries Jamie Oliver’s Chocolate Cake.

27 June1880: Helen Keller Born.

• Biography from the Helen Keller Kids Museum Online.
• Tons of links on the Helen Keller page at Kids Connect.
• Helen Keller bio and worksheets from Garden of Praise.
• A great list of links from emints
• Bio, worksheets and lesson plans from Homeschool Learning.com

27 June 1859: Happy Birthday Song.

• Fun Facts about “Happy Birthday to You.”
• Birthday Traditions Around the World.
• How to say Happy Birthday around the World.
• Love these birthday traditions from around the world from kidsparties.com

28 June: Paul Bunyan Day

• A collection of Paul Bunyan stories.
• Wikipedia entry on The Legend

28 June 1577: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

• The Official Site and Virtual Gallery of Paintings.
• Biography from the Web Museum in Paris.
• A list of links from the Fact Monster.
• Garden of Praise has great page with printables.
• Fabulous worksheets with color photographs from Ringling Museum.
• A Baroque Worksheet.

28 June: WWI Began (1914)

• WWI timeline from the BBC.
• Great stuff for kids from BBC schools.
• A list of links from KidsKonnect.com.
• Cybersleuth’s list of links.
• Lots of Great Links and things to see and do from the BBC.

29 June: Camera Day

• Se7en Do Photography – Camera Fun to have with your kids.
• Printable Pinhole cameras – I always want to make these and never get round to it!
• Camera coloring page.
• How to make a paper camera.
• 13 Lessons to Teach Your Children About Digital Photography from Digital Photography School, such a great article I found it so useful for myself!!!

30 June: Meteor Day

• Definition of meteors from Enchanted Learning.
• Meteorites from the Natural History Museum.
• More about meteorites from the Australian kids Encyclopedia.
• Meteorites from the World Almanac for kids.

If you would like to now more about how we use our calendar for school as a fabulous resource of famous people and events then do pop over to the Almanac page for an explanation… Meanwhile, we hope you have a joyful June!!!