Se7en’s July And Your Free Printable Calendar…

Can you believe it is July already. Welcome to our calendar post… At the beginning of each month we print out a new calendar, just click on the calendar and it will open in a new window, ready to print (print it using Landscape it just works better). 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. On the particular date we visit the website and have a look at the links or create a fun post for our blog.

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 jolly July!!!

1 July: Scarecrow Day

Heaps of scarecrow crafts from About.com
• How to make a scarecrow from EHow.com

1 July: Canada Day

• Fabulous site with everything you need to know about Canada.. links to maps, tours, facts, lesson plans…

1 July 1863: Battle of Gettysburg (1-3 July 1863).

• Battle of Gettysburg from American Civil War.

1 July: International Joke Day

• Kids Jokes from Activity Village.

2 July 1900: First Zeppelin Flew (1900).

• First Zeppelin FLight from the Zeppelin Library.
• The Zeppelin from Wikipedia.

2 July 1937: Amelia Earhart disappeared (1937).

• A great biography.
• Great Biography from Garden of Praise followed by worksheets and printables.

3 July 1937: International Plastic Bag Free Day.

• Give the Bag the Boot at the Two Oceans Aquarium.

4 July 1776: American Day of Independence (1776).

• You have to look at this from Katherine Marie Photography
• The Crafty Crow – for Crafts.
• Don’t miss One Pretty Thing’s Round-ups.

7 July 1883: Pinocchio first printed (1883).

• Pinocchio from Wikipedia

7 July: Macaroni Day.

• You know how we love Jamie, here is his take on Macaroni Cheese.
• Perfect Pasta in Se7en Steps.
• Cute pasta sheep from Family Corner.
• Skip to My Lou made some wonderfully colorful Pasta – Oh take a look!!!

7 July: Star Festival Day (Japan)

• Tanabata from About.com

8 July: Liberty Bell Cracks.

• Liberty Bell timeline from USHistory.org
• The Story of the Liberty Bell from USHistory
• A lesson Plan from the National Historical Parks (USA).
• The story of the Liberty Bell from White Chapel Bell Foundry.
• Which brings us to National Treasure one of our all-time favorite movies… A treasure hunt that dashes through the major spots of American History! There is a sequel but we liked the first one best.

9 July: Sugar Cookie Day – Here is a list of our cookie recipes.

• Basic butter cookies in Se7en Steps.
• Se7en Cookies from Basic Cookie Dough
• Basic Window Cookies in Se7en Steps.
• Astonishing Cookies in se7en Steps.
• Fortune Cookies in Se7en Steps.
• Ice-Cream cookies in Se7en Steps.
• Quickest Crunchie Bars in Se7en Steps.
• Jelly Bean Biscotti in Se7en Steps.

10 July: Teddy Bears Picnic Day.

• How to plan a Teddy Bears Picnic from EHow.
• Teddy Bear Activities from first-school.
• Teddy Bear Page from DLTK.

11 July 1899: E.B. White’s Birthday (1899 – 1995).

• Se7en’s Slinky Spinning Swinging Spiders…
• Se7en Weave the World Wide Web.

11 July: SkyLab fell to the Earth.

• BBC article.
• Wiki Answer.

12 July 1960: Etch a Sketch Introduced.

• The whole history and scroll down for a heap of good links from IdeaFinder.

12 July: Paper Bag Day.

• Paper Bag Owl via the Crafty Crow.
• Maya Made’s Beautiful Paper Bag Toadstools
• Paper Bag Crafts from About.com

13 July: National French Fry Day (U.S.A).

• Belgian Fries official site – follow the links along the top for the most amazing information!

13 July: Bon fest and Feast of Lanterns (Japan).

• Se7en Crafty Lamps: Most of these lamps work out great for summer evenings out doors… Candles, Lava Lamps, Paper Lanterns, Tin Can Lamps, Paper Box Lamps, Mini Pinata Lamps.
• The Feast of Lanterns and The Legend of the Blue Willow.

13 July: Puzzle Day.

• Activity Village has a heap – of course!!!
• A heap of online puzzle, by theme, from DLTK.
• Another heap of online puzzles from thekidspage.com

14 July: Bastille Day.

• Se7en Visit France for Bastille Day.
• Discover France has a great readable story of the entire event.
• What’s it all about by Social Studies for Kids.com
• Just about everything Bastille Day from Social Studies for Kids.
• Celebration Ideas from About.com
• How to celebrate from eHow
• Bastille Day from About.com

15 July 1954: First Boeing 707.

• History Facts for the 707.

15 July 1606: Rembrandt Van Rijn’s Birthday (1606 – 1928).

• Bio from Fact Monster.
• Bio from My Hero.
• Lesson Plans Discovery Education.
• Click on the green Rembrandt button for an interactive timeline – from Rembrandt House.
• Great Lesson Idea from Crayola.

16 July 1969: Apollo 11 lifts off.

• The Apollo 11 crew from NASA.
• The Hitchhikers Guide to the Moon for moonlovers from shallowsky.com
• Se7en Build a Rollicking Rocket in Se7en Steps…
• Se7en Do Rocket Science…

16 July 1872: Roald Amundsen born (1872 – 1928).

• A biography from Enchanted Learning.
• A short bio from kids.net.au.
• Heaps of goodies from Cool Antarctica.

17 July 1955: Disneyland opened.

• Interesting history of DisneyLand from About.com
• DisneyLand – of course!!!

18 July 1918: Nelson Mandela’s Birthday.

• Se7en+1 Join SanParks for Madiba Day.
• It’s Mandela Day and Just 67 Minutes Can Make a Difference…
• Flowers for Madiba and Maya Angelou’s Poem…
• The Children’s Madiba, Author Interview…
• Mandela Day: Se7en + 1 “Sixty Se7en” Things That We Can Do Today…
• Se7en’s Madiba Silk Shirts.
• Happy Birthday Madiba from Se7en.
• Se7en’s Sunny South African.

18 July: Cow Appreciation Day.

• Se7en + 1 Visit Fair Cape Dairies…
• Se7en Discover Milk in the River Cottage CookBook.

18 July: Nadia Comaneci scored the first perfect 10 in the Olympic Games (1976).

• Bio from Wikipedia.
• Bio from My Hero.com
• Se7en + 1 Things to Save in an Olympic Time Capsule…

18 July: National Ice-Cream Day (U.S.A.).

• Se7en + 1 Visit the Creamery…
• Ice-Cream in a Ziplock Bag in Se7en Steps!
• Home-Made Ice-Cream in Se7en Steps.
• Ice-Cream Cookies in Se7en Steps.

20 July: Chess Day.

• My kids have enjoyed Chesskids.com

20 July: Ice Cream Soda Day.

• Crazy Chemical Chaos Party in Se7en Steps.
• Basic recipe and a bit of history.
• Ice-cream soda from Wikipedia.
• 7-Up Cake from Se7en

20 July 1969: First Moon Landing.

• The moon landing for kids from Nixon Library.
• Fantastic Links from Usborne Books.

21 July 1899: Ernest Hemingway Birthday (1899 – 1961).

• Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure, from PBS – Fabulous!!!
• Official Museum Page.

21 July: National Junk Food Day (U.S.A.).

• Junk Food Images from Google.
• What is Junk food from Wikipedia.
• Celebrity Chef’s Hamburgers.

22 July 1284: Pied Piper Arrived in Hamelin.

• The Pied Piper of Hamelin from StoryNory.
• Robert Browning’s Pied Piper Poem.

22 July 1898: Alexander Calder’s Birthday (1898 – 1976).

• Se7en’s Circus in a Suitcase… Celebrating Alexander Calder…
• Biography from Artsmart4kids.
• The Calder Home Page.
• A story about Alexander Calder: Sandy’s Circus by Tanya Lee Stone. The Lesson Plan and the wonderful results.

23 July 1888: Pneumatic Tires Invented.

• Uses for Old Tires.
• Inner Tube games from YouthWork Practice.

23 July 1904: Ice Cream Cones Introduced.

• Everything Ice-cream from Se7en.
• Se7en’s Ice-Cream in a Ziplock

23 July: Mosquito Day.

• End Malaria Now…

24 July: Celebrate the End of the Tour de France.

• Se7en’s Brilliant Batik Bikes.
• A Triathlon Party in Se7en Steps…
• A Bike Party in Se7en Steps…
• The Official Tour Page.

24 July 1783: Simon Bolivar’s Birthday.

• A biography from Embavenez-us.org.

24 July: Amelia Earhart Birthday

• Another great biography.
• Great Biography from Garden of Praise followed by worksheets and printables.

25 July: F.B.I. Created.

• FBI for kids from the FBI.

27 July 1940: Bugs Bunny Debut (1940).

• Biography from Wikipedia.
• Bugs Bunny Coloring from Coloring-Kids.
• Find him on the Looney Tunes Website.

28 July 1866-1943: Beatrix Potter’s Birthday (1866 – 1943) .

• Biography from the BBC.
• Some recommendations from Se7en!

28 July: First Finger Prints.

• The history of finger prints.
• More fingerprint info from Wikipedia.
• Ed Emberley, anything by him is great for finger print fun!

29 July: Lasagna Day.

• Perfect Pasta in Se7en Steps…
• Everything you need to know from Wikipedia.
• Jamie Oliver’s Lasagna – Gotta Try It!!!

29 July 1958: NASA Established (1958).

• NASA Kids’ Club…

30 July: Cheese Cake.

• Really easy kiddable cheesecake in Se7en Steps…
• Easy Baked Cheese Cake in Se7en Steps…
• Se7en Discover Cheese in the River Cottage Cook Book.
• Okay we are going to have to test Jamies cheesecake as well this week!

30 July 1818: Emily Bronte’s Birthday (1818).

• Wuthering Heights Online.
• Wuthering Heights Study Guide from Cummings Study Guides.

31 July 1965: J.K. Rowling’s Birthday (1965).

• J.K.Rowling’s Official Site.
• Her Biography from Biography Online.
• The Official Harry Potter Movie Site.

Hope you have a great July…