Se7en’s July… and your 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 1896: Radio Patented.

• 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 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 Timeline
• Biography and worksheets for kids from Garden of Praise.

5 June 1783: First Hot Air Balloon Flight.

• 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.
• Gingerbread House Recipe’s

5 June: Richard Scarry’s Birthday.

• You can’t beat Squidoo for completeness.

5 June: World Environment Day.

• World Environment Day, this year’s theme is to beat plastic pollution.
• World Environment Day for kids – you can click through to their activities.
• How to Celebrate World Environment Day on WikiHow.

6 June 1944: D-Day.

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

8 June 1867: Frank Lloyd Wright.

• A biography.

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: World Ocean’s Day
• The Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town’s own fabulous aquarium.

9 June 1934: Donald Duck’s Debut.

• A biography from Wikipedia
• Learn to Draw Donald Duck – cool!

9 June 1672: Peter the Great Born.

• Biography and Facts for Kids on Study.com
• More on Peter the Great at Kids Britannica.com

10 June: Ball Point Pen Patented.

• Who knew their was a Ball Point Pen Day! from Wikipedia.
• Se7en Discover that Writing is Fun.

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

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

11 June 1770: Great Barrier Reef Discovered

• National Geographic a virtual dive.
• Great Barrier Reef Facts for Kids…

11 June: The Queen’s Birthday.

• Enchanted Learning has the most amazing collection of Queen Elizabeth II’s Resources ever!!!
• Usborne is as usual a fabulous resource… take a look at their quicklinks for their fabulous royal books.
• Great Printables and FlashCards at Instant Display.

11 June 1910: Jacque Cousteau’s Birthday

• A whole page of Jacque Cousteau from squidoo.
• The Cousteau Homepage
• And amazing ocean infographics on the Cousteau website…

11 June: E.T. Movie premiered.

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

12 June 1929: Anne Frank’s Birthday

• 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

• Enchanted Learning Activities.
• All about Betsy Ross.
• All about the Star Spangled Banner.

14 June: World Juggling Day

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

15 June 1215: Magna Carta Signed.

• You can’t beat Mr Donn for kids history.
• Short history and an image from kidspast.com
• 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.

16 June: Father’s Day.

• Se7en Ways to Encourage Your Father Person.
• Se7en Things a Father Can Give his Children.
• Father’s Day Gifts Kids can make from the Crafty Crow.

16 June: National Fudge Day

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

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.
• More Great Worksheets by Scribd.
• And another bio and day/night by Scribd.
• The mathematical Art of Escher from mathacademy.com.
• Picture Gallery – Symmetry, from MCEscher.org.

18 June 1815: Napoleon defeated at Waterloo.

• Napoleon Bio from Encycloedia.kids.net.au.

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

• 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.

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.

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.

• 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.
  • Timeline from iBike.

• 26 June 1498: Toothbrush Invented.
  • 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!!!
  • 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 June 1880: Helen Keller Born.
  • Biography from the Helen Keller Kids Museum Online.
  • Helen Keller bio and worksheets from Garden of Praise.

• 27 June 1859: Happy Birthday Song.
  • Fun Facts about “Happy Birthday to You.”
  • 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.

• 28 June: WWI Began (1914)
  • WWI timeline from the BBC.
  • Great stuff for kids from BBC schools.
  • 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.
• 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.
• More about meteorites from the Australian kids Encyclopaedia.

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!!!