We start each day with group time which includes our calendar activities. Several of the printouts you see here are part of my Letter of the Week curriculum. Here is what our “calendar area” looks like and some of our activities:
(Calendar and numbers are from Lakeshore Learning, I can’t find it on their site, but found it at Teacher Storehouse)
Pledge of Allegiance
Memory Verse Review: Click here for my A-Z memory verses
ABC Song
Days of the Week song: (To the tune of Adam’s Family”)
- Days of the week (clap clap)
- Days of the week (clap clap)
- Days of the week (clap clap)
- Days of the week, Days of the week, Days of the week
- There’s Sunday and there’s Monday,
- there’s Tuesday & there’s Wednesday,
- there’s Thursday & there’s Friday
- and then there’s Saturday!
- Days of the week (clap, clap)
Month’s of the Year song: (To the Macarena)
- January (Right hand out)
- February (Left hand out)
- March (Right hand palm up)
- And April (Left hand palm up)
- May (Right hand on left shoulder)
- June (Left hand on right shoulder)
- July (Right hand on right ear)
- And August (Left hand on left ear)
- September (Right hand on left hip)
- October (Left hand on right hip)
- November (Right hand on right hip)
- December (Left hand on left hip)
- 12 months in a year! (Hop in circle as singing)
Count our calendar:
Put up today’s number on calendar along with appropriate colored chain link to continue our pattern for the month and count from 1 up to today’s date (1-11 in the below picture), then say the date: “Today is Thursday, March 11, 2010”
Today/Yesterday/Tomorrow: We discuss what today is, what yesterday was, and what tomorrow will be and update our chart:
Chart the Weather: Each day we chart the weather and discuss appropriate clothing, whether it is cold or hot outside. Then fill in a square on our Weather Graph. At the end of the month we discuss which type of weather we had the most of, least of etc.
Seasons Chart: We don’t do this daily, but we do discuss the name of the season when we chart our weather and appropriate clothing. We talk about what kind of activities we do during each season as well.
Address: We review our Address and Phone Numbers:
For song & movement time we use one of these fun ideas:
- Hide ‘Em In Your Heart Vol 1 by Steve Green
- Hide ‘Em In Your Heart Vol 2 by Steve Green
- Songs for Saplings by Dana Dirksen
- Kid’s In Motion by Greg & Steve
- Kids In Action by Greg & Steve
Where are the days of the week from? I am loooking for some big ones to hang up!
Hi Natalie, I got mine at a local teacher store: http://www.lakeshorelearning.com. It was a today, yesterday, tomorrow type bulletin set. I tried to search online but can’t find it anymore, sorry!
I love your calender time printouts! We use many of them daily. I was wondering, though, if you could make a “Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday” chart that includes the weekend? It is difficult when I am telling my kids to remember the 7 days of the week, but the chart only shows 5 days, and when it’s Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday we can’t utilize all that the chart has to offer. I tried to contact you, but the link doesn’t appear to be working.
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This may be a dumb question, but how does your weather graph work? It only went to 25 so I wasn’t sure how you graph the whole month.
Thank you.
Hi Stephanie,
I’m sorry, we only graph our weekdays, so that’s why there aren’t 31 days on the calendar.
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Hi Erica,
I have 4 kids that I homeschool too and I have to wonder “How do you do all that you do?”
I had to hire a friend who’s also a teacher just to check their work! What’s your secret????
Anyways you are an inspiration and also part of the reason I get depressed sometimes:-)
Keep up the good work….I hope to accomplish all that you have too!
Hi Ismary, no secret, but I did write a post you might like :o)
http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2011/03/how-do-you-do-it-all.html
Thank you sooo much for these wonderful printables!
I love that I found your website, this is just what I have been looking for, it is almost the same type of curriculum and ideas we used in our preschool classrooms when I worked for a daycare! And now I am just starting to homeschool my 3 year old daughter and am so glad to find something just like this!
Hello, I was wondering if you could add a “Sunday, Saturday” page for your “What’s the Weather” chart. It would be GREAT to have it as an option for when the kids ask to do it on the weekend or we are “catching up” on a Saturday or whatever the case may be.
Oh, and OF COURSE I love, love, LOVE your website and the other sites you link to. You are definately a tremendous blessing to many mommas!
Your calendar was a huge inspiration, as is your entire site. I created something very similar and gave you a shout out on my (very new) blog (www.thechatandchewsupperclub.com). We started using our calendar this weekend and already my daughter loves it. I am not a stay at home mom, but this gives us something we can do together in the morning that is both fun and educational. THANKS!