January Activity Calendar
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
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Introduce the letter W. Make a large letter W for your child to cut out. | Do one or two of the Letter W activities. | Make a winter picture, discuss with your child the characteristics of the winter season. | Make a winter time collage. Have your child cut and glue pictures of things you do in the winter. | Introduce the Letter M. Make a large letter M for your child to cut out. |
Do one or two of the Letter M activities. | Show your child mittens and gloves and discuss the characteristics of each. | Make a mitten match game using wall paper scraps or patterned paper. Help your child match the mittens. | Do some of the activities from the Mitten Unit. | Introduce the colors white and black. Do a winter picture on black paper using white wash over crayon. |
Introduce the letter I. Make a large letter I for your child to cut out. | Do one or two of the Letter I activities | Make ice cubes and do one of the ice experiments. | Read the book “Ice Cream”. Discuss how ice cream is made. Visit an ice cream shop. | Make homemade ice cream or ice cream sundaes. |
Talk about Snow. Do some of the activities from the Snow Unit. | Read the book “All You Need for a Snowman” by Alice Schertle. | Make a snowman out of snow (if available) or out of paper plates. | Introduce the Triangle. Count the sides on a triangle. | Introduce the number 6. Make two triangles-one white and one black. Count the sides on the triangles and add them together to make six. |