Daily Calendar

 

We open every day with calendar activities. This is a very important part of our morning routine in kindergarten. We usually spend 15-20 minutes daily. Many of the kindergarten math skills are taught through the calendar.

Flag Time

• Pledge to the American Flag
• Pledge to the Texas Flag
• Sing patriotic songs

 

Exploring the calendar

• Name the day of the week
• Tell the date
• Name the month
• Sing/say the months and days in order
• Create a pattern on the calendar: The pieces of the calendar are in a pattern. The children love to predict what calendar piece will come next. We read these calendar patterns in different ways. A red-blue-red-blue-red pattern might be read snap-clap-snap-clap-snap.
• Practice the concepts yesterday, today, and tomorrow!
• Find the numeral that corresponds to the date on the yardstick.

 

Counting days

• Tally the number of days in the year
• Tally the number of days in the month
• Practice counting the days to 100 (when we have a special celebration!)
• Count by ones, fives, and tens to 100.
• Create ones, tens, and hundred with straws to practice place value.

Weather report

• Describe the weather
• Create a real graph that shows the weather for the month using learning links
• Predict what the weather will be like tomorrow

 

Mystery word/number

• Guess a word (number) by revealing only one letter (numeral) at a time
• Practice blending sounds
• Practice reading left to write

 

Morning message

• Read a special message about the special things that are happening today
• Watch the teacher (or another student) model writing
• See how letters form words
• Inspire the desire to read and write

 

Sharing time

• Listen to each other tell about special events
• Practice asking and answering questions about the surprise box
• Give demonstrations (Young Scientist/Geographer)
• Show and tell