Hi everyone! I’ve had several requests to make a Calendar Printables Set, so here it is! I’m excited to present my Gingham Calendar Days!
Click below to download:
(NOTE: If you are having troubles getting the file to download, please RIGHT click on teh above link then select “SAVE LINK AS”. You will then be prompted to SAVE it to your hard drive. I also divided it into 2 downloads to make the file a little smaller. Hope that helps! )
What’s included in the download?
The Gingham Calendar Days set comes with 12 Month Banners, and different themed Calendar Day cards for each month. There is also a page with Mon-Fri day titles so you can use these cards with a Pocket Chart instead of a Calendar Poster.
The calendar Month Banners are 2.5” x 10.5” and the Day Cards are 2.75” x 2.75” each. The cards will fit on most standard Calendar Posters (Approx 18” x 24” in size.)
Tips: I recommend printing on cardstock. Place 2 pages back to back (so the printed side is facing out on both sheets) then run through a laminator. Cut the cards and month banners apart. Use Velcro on the backs of the cards to stick them to your calendar.
What do we do for our daily Calendar Time?
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:
You can’t see them very well, but there are small round velcro dots on the calendar poster in the blank spots. (My calendar is called “Polka-Dots” from Lakeshore Learning. I can’t find it on their site, but found it at Amazon for you. That calendar only comes with one set of numbers.)
Pledge of Allegiance: We start each day with the USA Pledge of Allegiance, and we are in the process of learning the Biblical Pledge of Allegiance as well.
Memory Verse Review: Click here for my A-Z memory verses
ABC Song: This is only for my younger kids, but it never fails that the older ones like to sing it too!
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)
Alternate Days of the Week Song: (To the tune of “frere Jacque”)
- Today Is Monday, Today is Monday
- All Day Long, All Day Long
- Yesterday was Sunday
- Tomorrow will be Tuesday
- Let’s have fun, let’s have fun!
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:
Each day we add today’s number card on calendar, then count up to that number. We also put up our colored math link to continue our pattern for the month. We also say the complete date: “Today is Friday, September 16, 2011”
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
Um…. could you be any more awesome??? I can’t believe how incredible all of the materials you have are. I can’t imagine the time, energy, and effort you put into putting all of this together to help moms like me. So, thank you so very much! You rock!
Love your site! Thank you…agree with other comments that your site is a God send. It will be my first year homeschooling. I will have 3 2nd graders would I still do calendar? at what age would you stop? I am planning on doing the calendar notebook. Thank you in advance.
Hi
Thank you so much!! This is such a great idea for my 2 young Granddaughters.
I was wondering is it possible to make changes to your chart?
As we live in Australia … our emergency number is 000, and we spell M’u’ m.
I know that you are very busy, but is there a chance of creating the calendar with Autumn instead of ‘Fall’ and with the seasons reversed as our summer is in Dec, Jan, Feb, Autumn is March, April May, Winter is June, July August and Spring Sept, Oct, Nov; so that the Month names match up with our seasons.
I will understand if this is not possible, but just wanted to thank you for sharing such wonderful resources
Kind Regards
Lynda
This is wonderful, thank you. I have a pocket chart (the one we bought for the chore card system, but then kiddos wanted a change, and I wanted to repurpose it) and just printed the numbers at 75% and it is looking great!! I am super happy to not have to buy another calendar, and I know they will be excited to have new numbers each and every month! Thanks for all the great downloads you share!!
Thank you…Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!
Thank you for all those ideas! It inspires me. If only I was teaching in English, it would be much faster. But anyway, I can still use the same ideas and do it myself in French. 🙂
I also love all the stuff you put on your blog, it is very generous and inspiring.
God bless you and your family.
Thank you so much for these!!!
Hi, so glad I chanced upon these! Just wondering if you have the 31 somewhere? Cos some months have 31 days. Thank you!
Yes, the 31’s are on the last page of the download 🙂
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I just moved into 2nd, from 5th. I found the past teacher’s calendar pieces, but no numbers. Your months and numbers are perfect. Then I found your weather charting stuff. Perfect too! Thanks so much for sharing it, and for free!!!!!
Hi! Thank you for the great downloads! I love the calendar one. I’m wondering if I missed it somewhere, but I don’t see any 31st days on my download? I’m assuming they have to be in there somewhere since other people have talked about combining days. Thanks again!