A Calendar.

A Calendar

A Calendar

It seems obvious, but the first step to teaching kids about

 the calendar is to make sure we explain to them what a

calendar is.

A calendar is a series of pages that shows the days, weeks,

and months of a particular year. It is a tool we use to help us

keep track of each day, and allows us to visually see when

different events will happen.

Teach Kids How To Read A Calendar Lesson Plan

The next step is to teach kids how to read a calendar.

 This could be split up into 4 different lessons.

Lesson 1: Days & Weeks

The objectives to cover in this lesson are:

each square represents one day

a group of 7 days in a row is called a week

one week is equal to 7 days

each day of the week has a name

show where the names of the days of the week are

shown on a calendar

each square in a column under the name of a day of

the week represents 1 day with that name.

 i.e. all squares under Wednesday represent 1 Wednesday

“If we are this day” (point to a square),

 “1 week later would be” (point to square underneath)

ask them which square would be 2 weeks later, or

 3 weeks later

explain that a square above shows 1 week ago

(in the past)

ask them which square would be 2 weeks ago or another

 number of weeks ago

Lesson 2: Order of Days of the Week

Today’s objective is to work on learning the order of the

 days of the week and also to realize that the days go in

 a continuous cycle (i.e. after Sunday is Monday again).

Lesson 3: Months of the Year

Lesson 4:

Order of the Months of the Year

The goal of today is to spend a few minutes learning

the order of the months of the year. Mastery isn’t the goal,

 it’s just to spend time working on this skill. Think of it more

 as an introduction.

Daily Calendar Time

Not to worry if your kids aren’t experts at reading the c

alendar by the end of those 4 short lessons.

The concept of time is something that is taught over time.

 So with that in mind, we do daily calendar time.

Benefits of Daily Calendar Time

There are a variety of benefits of daily calendar time:

it takes only a few short minutes each day

it’s an enjoyable part of the day

a bit of writing practice

solid math skills are being mastered

skills are learned best when they apply to child’s real life