Calendar Concepts
One big goal and objective for preschoolers before they attend kindergarten is to have an idea of marking time. This can be a difficult concept to grasp, especially now when everyday seems the same! The following are few ideas to help teach your child “Calendar Concepts”.
- Start by pulling out a printed or electronic calendar. Talk about what day it is. For example, “Today is Monday, April 20, 2020. Note one day is one rotation of the Earth. Day and Night.
- Then move on to days of the week. Sing a “Days of the Week” song. Some of our favorites include, “Seven Days in A Week”, “Addams Family Days of the Week”, and “Happy Days” from the television show.
- Read a book about the days of the week. Two of our favorites are “Cookie’s Week” and “Today is Monday” by Eric Carle.
- Pick out something special about each day to help distinguish one day from the next. For today’s times, you may say, “Sunday-Watch Church, Monday-Play a Game, Tuesday-Taco Tuesday, Wednesday-Take a walk, Thursday-Watch a movie, Friday-Have a dance party, Saturday-make pancakes.
- Try to emphasize that there are seven days in a week.
- Now, try to explain that about four weeks make up a month.
- Talk about the twelve months. Point out holidays in each month. Have your child work on learning their birthday.
- Talk about how twelve months make a year. A year is when Earth travels one time around the sun.
- Have a New Year’s Countdown and talk how each year, month, week and day we have fresh starts to make the most of the time God has given us here.
