Se7en’s July and Your Free Printable Calendar…

Can you believe it is July already. 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.

We hope you have a jolly July!!!

1 July: Scarecrow Day

• 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).

• The Zeppelin from Wikipedia.

2 July 1937: Amelia Earhart disappeared (1937).

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

3 July 1937: International Plastic Bag Free Day.

• Visit Rethink the Bag.

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

• The Crafty Crow – for Crafts.

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
• The story of the Liberty Bell from White Chapel Bell Foundry.
• Which brings us to National Treasure one of our all-time favourite 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.

• 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.

• A Brief History of Etch a Sketch.

12 July: Paper Bag Day.

• Paper Bag Owl via the Crafty Crow.
• Maya Made’s Beautiful Paper Bag Toadstools

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.

13 July: Puzzle Day.

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

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.
• 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.
• And Rembrandt House.

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.
• 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 Kristen’s Kick Ass Ice-Cream…
• 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.

• First Moon Landing for Kids on National Geographic for Kids.

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.

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 wonderful results are on youtube.

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.

• Malaria NO more… Loads of interesting information.

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: Amelia Earhart Birthday

• 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.

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

• Biography from the BBC.
• Some recommendations from Se7en!
• And of course The Peter Rabbit Movie…

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 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…