Preschool and Kindergarten Calendar Activities and Printables
Calendar Preschool and Kindergarten Activities and Printables. Every year the earth rotates one time around the sun. Help children learn about the organization of this time into days, weeks, and months with this theme on the calendar. Fun preschool activities and ideas to incorporate into morning circle time, songs, movement, literacy activities, and games are all included. Children can graph birthday months, make word wheels, learn about ordinal numbers, sequence the days of the week, and more. Start the theme off by letting children make their own calendar craft and page for the month ahead or begin a countdown to a special day in the future.
Samples of our calendar crafts, and calendar preschool activities and resources available inside our KidsSoup Resource Library:
Themes and Projects
The Weather and the Four Seasons Lesson Plan
Back to School with Pete the Cat Calendar Activities
Crafts
Snowman Finger Play
Handprint Christmas Tree
Handprint Sheep
Activities and Lessons
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Story Rhyme
Days of the Week
Calendar Time
Math
Tracing Calendar 2019
Calendar Numbers November
Calendar Patterns
Science and Exploration
The Weather and the Four Seasons Lesson Plan
Seasons: The Earth Goes 'Round the Sun
An Apple Tree through the Seasons Felt Story
Games
Going Around the Sun Board Game
Sequencing the Days of the Week Folder Game
Sequencing the Months of the Year Folder Game
Booklets and Other
Months of the Year Word Wall
Hermit Crab Months
All Through the Year Emergent Reader
Worksheets
Tracing Calendar 2019
Happy New Year 2016
Fall Tree Coloring Page
Free Calendar Crafts, Calendar Activities, Rhymes, and Printables
Explain that each year, the earth rotates around the sun one time. It takes 12 months. As each month passes, the earth moves a little bit more around the sun. After 12 months, it has come full circle, and a new year begins. Altogether, it takes 365 days for a complete rotation. For a concrete illustration, have children sit in a circle. Place a model of the sun in the middle. Choose one child to walk around it while holding a model of the earth.
Learn more about "The Reasons for the Seasons."
Store days of the week, months of the year, the numbers 1-31, and the years 2010 and 2011 cards in separate manila envelopes. Use thumbtacks or sticky backing to attach the envelopes to corkboard in the calendar or circle area of the classroom.
Incorporate these calendar-themed felt chants into regularly scheduled calendar time activities. Recite the chants and display the correct corresponding days, months, and dates on the felt board when mentioned.
Today is . . .
Original Author Unknown
(Tune: Are You Sleeping?)
Today is __________.
Today is __________.
All day long, all day long.
Yesterday was __________.
Tomorrow will be __________.
Oh what fun!
Oh what fun!
Calendar Crafts
Preschool Activities:
Handprint Calendars
Handprint, footprint, and thumbprint calendars make great gifts and are a keepsake for many years to come. Here are some great resources and ideas to get you started with your calendar crafts.
January - Handprint penguin or snowmen
February - Fingerprint or handprint heart
March - Leprechaun
April - Handprint ducks, thumbprint chicks
May - Handprint tulip
June - Handprint butterfly, thumbprint bees
July - Handprint giraffe, sun
August - Handprint fish
September - Handprint apple tree
October - Hand or footprint ghost, spider
November - Handprint turkey
December - Handprint Santa
Visit these great website and blogs for pictures and more ideas:
http://www.littlegiraffes.com/handprintcalendar.html
http://www.cereschildcare.com/calendar.html
http://designsbya.blogspot.com/
Calendar Books
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Months of the Year Songs:
The Months of the Year
(Tune: Three Blind Mice)
January, February, March,
April, May, June.
July, August, September,
October, November, December.
These are the twelve months of the year.
Now sing them together so we can all hear.
How many months are there in a year?
Twelve months in a year.
April, May, June.
July, August, September,
October, November, December.
These are the twelve months of the year.
Now sing them together so we can all hear.
How many months are there in a year?
Twelve months in a year.
Months of the Year
(Tune: Ten Little Indians)
January, February, March, and April,
May, June, July, August, and September,
October, November, and December,
These are the months of the year.
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