Let’s Celebrate 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.

April’s Activities…

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.

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).

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.
• 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.

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.

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.

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…

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 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…

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.