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Calendar Vocabulary Cards

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Do you have a calendar time at the beginning of your school day? If so, these calendar vocabulary cards are such a simple addition! In just 1-2 minutes a day, these cards can help kids understand the vocabulary related to the days of the week and the months of the year.

{Find the free download at the END of this post. Look for the oval button.}

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Calendar Vocabulary Cards

Almost every morning, we gather together to have a calendar time. During this time, we talk about our day, read a story, pray, and work on calendar skills.

When asking questions about the calendar, MBug {5 years old} and NJoy {6 years old} are always getting the term “week” and “month” confused. I ask, “What day of the week is it?” and inevitably, one of them shouts out “September!”

So, I added some simple calendar vocabulary cards to our routine this year and I’m already seeing a big difference in their understanding. It only adds 1-2 minutes to our calendar time, but has been so effective!

 

pick a calendar vocabulary card

All I do is turn over the cards and fan them out in my hand. Each one of them picks a card, reads it, and we decide whether it’s a day of the week or a month of the year. There’s also two “tricky” cards that describe a week and a month by telling how many days it has.

 

We quickly sing There are Seven Days in a Week to the tune of Oh, my Darling Clementine {I think I first heard this one on Barney} and The Months of the Year by Greg & Steve if a child gets stuck. These are songs they know, as we have sung them almost every day for the last 3 years or more.

By the way, We All Live Together, Volume 2 is older, but if you teach Pre-K, K, or 1st, it’s seriously a MUST! I used it every morning when I taught in the classroom!

 

calendar vocabulary cards in pocket chart

The kids sort the word at the top of our table top pocket chart, which we now use every day for calendar time. {The other calendar cards you see in our pocket chart are part of a set I made for Free Homeschool Deals.}

 

table top pocket chart store easily in small spaces

I LOVE how little room this pocket chart takes up. We store ours behind a door in the schoolroom.

 

storing the calendar vocabulary cards in back of the pocket chart

But one of my favorite features is the pocket in the pack of the chart, where I store the calendar vocabulary cards as well as the other cards.

 

More Calendar Printables:

  • Calendar Pack from Free Homeschool Deals
  • Daily Calendar Notebooks from 1+1+1=1
  • Calendar Notebook Printables from Homeschool Creations
  • TONS of Calendar Printables from 3 Dinosaurs

 

FREE Calendar Vocabulary Sorting Printable | This Reading Mama

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Enjoy teaching!
~Becky

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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