Se7en’s April and Your Free Printable Calendar…

Welcome to April and here is your free printable calendar… click on it and it should open 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: April Fool’s Day.
  • Se7en’s Official Languages.
  • HandMade Charlotte’s Traditional French April Fool’s Fish Game.
  • The top 100 hoaxes of all time… from the museum of hoaxes…
• 2 April: International Children’s Book Day.
  • All About it from About.com
  • Se7en’s Book Crafts.
  • Se7en + 1 Ways to Make Books More Memorable.
  • Se7en tips for Family Reading Time.
  • So You Have Raised a Reader – Now What?

• 2 April 1875: Hans Christian Andersen’s Birthday.
  • A fun story site for kids from Andersen Fairy Tales.
  • His Life and Works from the Hans Christian Anderson Centre.
  • Papercuts from the Royal Library.

• 3 April 1860: First Pony Express Service.
  • Absolutely everything you need from 42Explore – links galore, lesson plans, books, printables…

• 3 April 1934: Jane Goodall’s Birthday.
  • The Jane Goodall Institute.
  • Quick Facts on Science Kids.
  • And on notable biographies…

• 5 April 2013: Read A Road Map Day.
  Se7en+1 Tips for Conquering Mapwork…
  • Se7en Make Road Maps…
  • World Map in Se7en Steps.
  • Mapping Nature Sitings.
  • Meal Mapping with Kids.

• 6 April 1909: North Pole discovered in 1909.
  • The Controversy begins from Trivia Library.
  • An Epic Article from the Smithsonian.
  • North Pole FAQ from Best Russian Tour.
  • The Polar Controversy – This is an interesting read from Survey History!!!
  • Peary: Arctic Explorer from Enchanted Learning.

• 6 April 1483: Raphael’s Birthday (1483 – 1520).
  • Brief bio from The Art Gallery.
  • Great Lesson on St. George and The Dragon from Garden of Praise.

• 7 April: No Housework Day.
  • Se7en Things I Would Like My Kids to Learn From Doing Chores.
  • Motivations to Get Kids to Do Their Chores: What Works and What Doesn’t.
  • Se7en Chores and Life-Skills we do.

• 7 April 2013: World Health Day.
  • World Health Day from WHO.

• 7 April 1739: Dick Turpin (1739).
  • The Epic Highwayman from Stand and Deliver.
  • The Highwayman Poem from POTW.
  • Lesson Plan from TCT.

• 8 April 1460: Ponce de Leon (1460 – 1521).
  • Quick biography from Factmonster.
  • A great printable biography from Exploring Florida.
  • Bio from Findagrave.
  • Explorer Page from Enchanted Learning

• 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.
  • Se7en Tips on Surviving Sibling Rivalry.
  • Se7en Things People Ask Me About Siblings.
  • You Are Your Brother’s Keeper.

• 12 April 1981: Space Shuttle First Launched (1981).
  • Heaps of Shuttle links from Kidskonnect.
  • An overview of the Space Shuttle from Starchild at NASA.
  • How the Space Shuttle Works from How Stuff Works.

• 12 April 1775: Paul Revere Day.
  • Paul Revere from Liberty’s Kids. All the episodes are on you tube and you are looking for episode 5 for Paul Revere’s ride.
  • Heaps to look at at Paul Revere’s House (Heaps of good stuff in the Kids Section).
  • This is Fun!!! from EarlyAmerica.com

• 13 April 1570: Guy Fawkes Birthday.
  • Guy Fawkes Biography from GuyFawkes.me.uk
  • A whole heap of great cool kids form muddlepuddle.co.uk
  • History of the Tower of London…
  • Se7en Met Guy Fawkes at the Tower of London.


• 13 April 1743: Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday (1743-1826).
  • Such fabulous activities for kids at the Monticello classroom.
  • Garden of Praise is always good for a biography and a couple of games and printables.

• 14 April 1912: Titanic hit an Iceberg.
  • Se7en’s 100th Anniversary of the Titanic… this post is packed with fun activities.
  • Heaps of facts and links at Kidsconnect.
  • Tons of colouring pages from Kids-n-fun.
  • Would you have survived the Titanic on Nat Geo Kids?

• 15 April 1452: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Birthday (1452-1519).
  • Se7en Discover the Great Artists: Leonardo Da Vinci.
  • Leonardo Activities from Universal Leonardo.
  • The Museum of Science has great interactive Leonardo pages.

• 16 April 1867: Wilbur Wright’s Birthday.
  • Fast Facts on the Wright Brothers…
  • 11 More Fun Facts…

• 21 April 1509: Henry VIII became King of England.
  • Isn’t Activity Village Great.
  • Fun Game from BBC.schools.
  • History Detectives: An Interactive Game from Scholastic.
  • Follow the links to Paperdolls.


• 22 April (1970): Earth Day.
  • Se7en’s Recycle Crafts…
  • Join GreenPop and plant some trees.
  • 50 Earth Day Activities on Tinkerlab.
  • Earth Day on Activity Village.

• 21 April 1926: Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday
  • BBC has a fabulous kids page on Queen Elizabeth II.
  • 85 Facts about the Queen in the Telegraph.
  • Fast Facts and Links on Kids Connect.

• 22 April: National Jelly Bean Day.
  • Oh I wish they had factory tours like this over here!!! From JellyBelly.com

• 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 for children from Squidoo – Love it!!!
  • Absolute Shakespeare.
  • Shakespeare Online.

• 23 April: St. Georges Day.
  • Se7en of the best Dragon Books from Hood #1.
  • You just can’t beat Activity Village. Everything you need here.
  • Facts, poems and a wordsearch from Scholastic.

• 25 April: World Penguin Day.
  • The Penguin Walk 2014
  • Se7en’s Penguin Party.
  • Boulders Beach and the Penguin Colony.
  • Penguins and the Two Oceans Aquarium.
  • Penguins at KidZone.
  • Kevin Schafer’s Penguin Planet – for photographs.

• 25 April 1666: Great Fire of London.
  • London’s Burning from the Museum of London.

• 25 April: World Malaria Day.
  • Malaria No More… the Challenge.
  • World Malaria Day.

• 25 April 2013: Anzac Day.
  • Se7en’s Virtual voyage to Australia, lots of links, lots of crafts, lots of recipes…
  • What is ANZAC day from kids Encyclopedia.au

• 26 April 1785: John James Audobon’s Birthday (1785 – 1851).
  • Audobon society pages Just for Kids.
  • Activities for kids at Audobon.org.

• 26 April: Save the Frogs Day.
  • Learning About Western Leopard Toads in the Silvermine Valley…
  • Se7en Learn About Frogs and Frogging with the Young Explorers App…
  • Save the Frogs Day.
  • Tadpole to Frog on Crayola.com
  • The Endangered Western Leopard Toad.

• 27 April 1994: Freedom Day.
  • Everything South African from Se7en.
  • Flowers for Madiba
  • South African Public Holidays from Wikipedea.

• 27 April 1571: Johannes Kepler’s Birthday (1571 – 1630).
  • Biography from KidsAstronomy.com.
  • Biography from Answers in Genesis.
  • Kepler facts from science kidz.

• 27 April 2014: Holocaust Remembrance Day.
  • What is this day all about from About.com
  • South African Jewish Museum in Cape Town.

• 27 April 1791: Samuel F.B. Morse (1791 – 1872 ).
  • Biography from Answers in Genesis.
  • Lots of links from cybersleuth-kids.
  • Samuel Morse historic site at lgny.com.

• 28 April 1947: Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki.
  • The Kon Tiki Museum…
  • Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki Voyage.

• 28 April: International Astronomy Day.
  • If you are mad about space then Space.com…

• 29 April 1842: Zipper Patented.
  • Great page about zippers – scroll down for factoids, from IdeaFinder.
  • History of the Zipper by Thomasnet.com.