We had to emerge from our post-Christmas laze….
For those of you who don’t know our weather tree… we colour the leaves according to the weather… sunny days get green leaves, rainy days get blue leaves. We keep it simple, but of course you can add or subtract whatever you would like too. You can see our coloured weather trees here.
Welcome to 2016 and a fresh year of printable calendars will be rolling out month by month…
Click on the calendar image, it will open in a new tab, print it using “landscape” 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!!!
- 1 January 1735: Paul Revere’s Birthday (1735 – 1818).
- 1 January 1752: Betsy Ross’s Birthday (1752 – 1836).
- 2 January: Cape Town Minstrel Carnival .
- 2 January 2016: Perihelion Day.
- 3 January 1892: J.R.R. Tolkein (1892 – 1973)
- 4 January 1643: Isaac Newton (1643 – 1727).
- 4 January 1785: Jacob Grimm (1785 – 1863).
- 4 January 1809: Louis Braille (1809 – 1852).
- 4 January : National Trivia Day (U.S.A)
- 5 January 1896: X-ray Discovered (1896).
- 6 January : Dia De Reyes / Epiphany / Three Kings Day.
- Kings Day Crown Cake: We used our regular pizza dough and added a cup of castor sugar to the flour. When the dough was ready we rolled out in the shape of a large donut and left it to rise. Once it had risen we baked it on the oven at 180 degrees Celsius until a skewer came out of it clean. Once it had cooled we drizzled a paste of icing sugar and water over it and topped the icing with candies that looked like crown jewels. Quick, easy and done!!!
- Epiphany around the world from Annie’s Home Page.
- What is Three Kings Day from Inside-Mexico.
- 6 January 1854: Sherlock Holmes Birthday (1854).
- 6 January 1412: Joan of Arc (1412 – 1431)
- 8 January : National Bubble Bath Day
- 8 January 1935: Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977)
- 8 January 1942: Stephen Hawkins (1942)
- 9 January 1913: Nixon’s Birthday (1913 – 1994 )
- 9 January: Clean Off Your Desk Day.
- 11 January: Coming of Age Day in Japan (2nd Monday in January).
- Description from Web-Japan.
- How to celebrate it from E-How.
- Follow Life Where I am From in Japan on YouTube to find out about life in Japan.
- 11 January 1922: First Diabetic Treated with Insulin.
- The Se7en C’s of Living With a Diabetic…
- Spotting a Diabetic in trouble from Bits and Books.
- History of Insulin from How Stuff Works.
- All about insulin from diabetic lifestyle.com.
- Se7en Lunch Box Ideas for a Diabetic Husband.
- Se7en Tips About Low G.I. Diets…
- Se7en Million Marvelous Muffins – A Low G.I. Recipe…
- 12 January 1737: John Hancock (1737 – 1793).
- 13 January 1935: Amelia Earhart Flew solo across the Pacific.
- 15 January 1967: First Super Bowl (1967)
- 15 January: Hat Day (in the U.S.A.)
- 15 January 1929: Martin Luther King Jr birthday (1929 – 1968).
- 16 January: National Nothing Day in the U.S.A.
- Say
- no
- more..
- 16 January : Poetry Break Day.
- 16 January 1932: Dian Fossey (1932 – 1985).
- 17 January 1706: Benjamin Franklin’s Birthday (1706 – 1790).
- 18 January 1910: Scott reaches the South Pole (1910)
- 18 January: Thesaurus Day (U.S.A.)
- 18 January 1882: A.A. Milne’s Birthday (1882 – 1956).
- 19 January 1839: Paul Cezanne’s Birthday (1839 – 1906).
- 20 January 1930: Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin’s Birthday (1930)
- 20 January: National Cheese Day (U.S.A)
- Se7en Discover Cheese in the River Cottage Cook Book.
- Easy Baked Cheese Cake in Se7en Steps…
- Kiddable Cheese Cake in Se7en Steps…
- Se7en revisit the Baby Goats…
- The history of Cheese from History for Kids.
- A Taste for Cheese from Science News for Kids.
- Celebrity Chef: Cheesy Bites in Se7en Steps…
- Se7en Make Pizza.
- 20 January: Penguin Appreciation Day.
- 23 January: National Hand Writing Day (U.S.A.)
- 25 January 1759: Robert Burns Birthday (1759-1796).
- 25 January 1924: First Winter Olympics (1924)
- 26 January: Australia Day.
- 27 January 1756: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
- 27 January 1832: Lewis Carrol’s birthday (1832 – 1898).
- 27 January: Holocaust Memorial Day.
- 27 January: Chocolate Cake Day.
- 28 January 1912: Jackson Pollock (1912 – 1956).
- 29 January: Puzzle Day.
- 30 January 1882: Theodore Roosevelt (1882 – 1945).
- 31 January: Backwards Day.
- 31 January 1919: Jackie Robinson (1919 – 1972).
- 31 January 1797: Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828).
Hi.
I am a teacher in a mainstream school and I admire what you are doing. My nephew has been experiencing difficulties in his school and his mother is interested in homeschooling him.
He is 13 and is going into grade 7.
I just have a few questions if I may.
1) Is it necessary to register him with any organisation or with the department of Education?
2) What subjects are compulsory at this level? Is it necessary for him to learn history, geography, science etc. ? Or can he just cover the essentials like English, Maths and Afrikaans? He is interested in Woodwork and would do that as an extra.
The reason I ask this is because he has difficulty keeping up with the current school curriculum and it is felt that he would benefit more from focusing on the essentials.
Your input would be appreciated.
Natasha
I’d be interested to see the final 2015 Weather tree 🙂 (just curious)
Hi Natasha, we are just getting back into our year after taking a little break and I really wanted to help you with your question: Firstly there are a number of places that you can get help from folk in a similar situation as yours, this post has a link to resources in the Western Cape, particularly in the comments. And for anyone thinking about homeschooling in South Africa, I cannot recommend Shirley Erwee’s recently released books enough. All the best.