Freshen Up Homeschool Resources for April

image of famous folks born in April. April Famous Folks mini-lessons from CaptivatingCompass.com

Let’s Study Famous Folks – April Calendar Of Famous People & Fun Activities

April is such an exhilarating month with so many fun holidays to celebrate! As the days get continue to warm up and flowers bloom it always feels like there is more time in the day to nourish curiosity with fun learning activities. It’s a perfect time to learn about famous people born in April, right?!? The April calendar is blooming with ways you can say ‘Hello April!’ with creativity and curiosity! Homeschool moms are loving that they can hand it off to their kids and let them add it to their daily routine. Get your April Famous People Calendar of Activities at the end of this post.

Freshen Things Up In April

For many homeschoolers, this time of year is the home stretch. Are you looking for a final project? A presentation or just a few more things to round out the hours needed to complete your school year? I’ve got you covered! The April Calendar has 31 exciting days to celebrate. There are also learning resources (including exciting and educational videos) to help your 6th-12th graders learn about 45 famous people born in April.

These daily study gems are perfect for adding something special to nourish the curiosity of your middle and high school student.

Get your ‘go-to’ goodness that will enrich your learning without overwhelming or stressing anyone out. It’s perfect for the season we live in and you can even hand it off to your kids and let them learn independently if that is how you need to roll with learning at home.

Let’s Study Famous Folks – April Calendar

$11.00

Add to cart

Projects & Presentation Ideas At Your Finger-Tips

Trying to find a unique or creative project or presentation idea? There are so many this month!

The Let’s Study Famous Folks – April Calendar of Famous People & Fun Activities calendar is full of learning for every day of the month. There are typical holidays like April Fool’s Day & Easter, and more unique ones like:

Tartan Day,
Look-Alike Day
Richter Scale Day

And don’t miss out on the 45 famous people that celebrate their birthdays in April. So from the middle ages to folks whose inventions we use every day, your middle schoolers and high schoolers are sure to satisfy their curiosity with this list of famous people and fun days to celebrate and learn about.

The Famous People in the April Calendar

Writers/Poets/Artists/Musicians

Hans Christian Andersen – Danish author of 150 fairy tales
Maya Angelou – African-American author and activist
Raphael Sanzio – Italian painter and master builder
William Wordsworth – poet laureate, born in England.
Leonardo da Vinci – Italian painter, sculptor, scientist, and visionary
Booker T. Washington – African-American education pioneer, author of Up From Slavery
Henry Mancini – American composer and conductor (Pink Panther)
Charlotte Brontë – English novelist (Jane Eyre),
William Shakespeare – English poet and playwright, born in Stratford upon Avon
J. M. W. Turner – English landscape painter
Ella Fitzgerald – American jazz singer
Harper Lee – American author (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Washington Irving – American writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow)

Scientists/Explorers/Inventors

Jane Goodall – British ethologist (studied African chimpanzees)
James Watson – American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist (co-discovered the structure of DNA)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel – British engineer (SS Great Britain, Great Western Railway)
Matthew C. Perry – Commodore of the United States Navy
Wilbur Wright – American aviator (Wright Brothers)
John Muir – Scottish naturalist and about US National Parks.
Robert Oppenheimer – an American theoretical physicist is known as the father of the atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
Guglielmo Marconi – Italian inventor and electrical engineer
John James Audubon – American ornithologist and painter (The Birds of America)
Samuel Morse – American inventor (the telegraph, Morse code) and painter
Sophie Germain – French female mathematician

Historical Leaders/Heroes/”Baddies”

Otto von Bismarck – German chancellor who helped unify Germany.
Charlemagne – the 1st Holy Roman emperor.
Henry IV of England – King of England and Lord of Ireland
Juan Ponce de León – Spanish explorer and conquistador
James V, King of Scotland – king born in Linlithgow Palace, Scotland
Guy Fawkes – English Catholic conspirator who was convicted in the “Gunpowder Plot” to blow up the British Parliament
Thomas Jefferson – 3rd President of the United States
Catherine the Great – the Empress of Russia
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (Queen Elizabeth II) – Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.
Isabella I, Queen of Castile – the patron of Christopher Columbus, who initiated the Spanish Inquisition with her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon
Vladimir Lenin – Marxist Revolutionary and Soviet Leader
James Buchanan – 15th President of the United States
Oliver Cromwell – Lord Protector of England.
Ulysses S. Grant – 18th US President
James Monroe – 5th US President

Other Interesting Famous Folks To Learn About

William Harvey – English physician who discovered blood circulation.
Sophie Germain – French mathematician
Walter Chrysler – American automotive pioneer
Thomas Hobbes – English philosopher
Alexander Cartwright – inventor of modern baseball
David Hume – Scottish philosopher and historian from Edinburgh

Have Fun Celebrating These Special Days:

April Fools’ Day
One Cent Day
Autism Day
Good Friday
Ferret Day
Tweed Day
Easter
Tartan Day
Zoo Lover’s Day
Siblings Day
Cheese Fondue Day
Barber Shop Quartet Day
Licorice Day
Scrabble Day
Titanic Remembrance Day
Haiku Day
Garlic Day
Look-Alike Day
Earth Day
Richter Scale Day
Babe Ruth Day

Everyone Can Say, “Hello April!”

There is at least one person you can find in this month’s birthday list that will inspire your kids to learn just a bit more about something that piques their historical interest.

Music & Literature are covered too with reading suggestions and resources to get the most out of the day’s activity.

Check this out!

More Fun & Educational Spring Outdoor Activities for Kids & Teens.

Notebooking Ideas

If you are wanting to make sure your kids are doing active learning, incorporate notebooking pages allowing them to capture important details while watching videos, reading articles, and interacting with each person in this month’s calendar.

This is the perfect month to start using notebooking pages. Learn how to use them with virtual learning, and you will find they are welcome additions that allow you to step away from workbooks and teach your child how to listen, observe, and respond to what they are learning in a natural way.