September Activity Calendar

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Schedule a visit to the elementary
school that your child will attend next year. Go one day this month and have lunch

Make an
 “All About Me” Book
Work on one
page a day.
Send to grandparents for grandparent’s day

Make an
“I am special”
Placemat for your child to use each morning.

Introduce the
Letter A
Make a large letter A for your child to
 cut out.

Do one or two of the Letter A activities

Show your child an apple, talk about the characteristics of an apple and how they grow, cut the apple into two  pieces

Tell the
Little Red House
Story
Cut an apple in half
(two pieces) to illustrate the story

Snack on Apple
slices sprinkled with
cinnamon or dipped in an apple dip.

With your child make a growth chart for recording your child’s height.
Introduce your child to the numbers 1 & 2 as you write them on the chart

Introduce the
Letter B
Make a
large letter B
for your child to
cut out.

Do one or two of the Letter B
activities

Make a
bubble solution

Use different objects to make bubbles
(fly swatters, slotted spoons, etc.) 

Introduce the
Letter C
Make a
large letter C
for your child to cut out.

Do one or two of the Letter C
activities

Introduce the
Circle Shape
Do one of the
Circle Activities

Introduce the color
“Red”
Give your child a laundry basket and let him/her go on a red scavenger hunt

Let your child dip jar lids in red paint to make circle prints on paper.
Make a chart with two columns. Let your child put one circle in the first column and two in the second column.

Purchase or make a set of magnetic alphabet letters

Introduce your child to the letters in his/her name.
Do one or two name activities.

Make a sentence strip with your child’s name written on it.
Put the sentence strip on a magnet board or cookie sheet and let your child match the magnetic letters to the sentence strip. 

Teach your child the Alphabet Song and sing it with him/her
several times using an alphabet chart. Post an alphabet chart in your child’s room.