Children learn how calendars organise days, weeks, months, dates, and plans across a year. Calendar puzzles, design work, monthly planning, pretend play, counting activities, phonics, mindfulness, music, and cooking turn timekeeping into a practical classroom experience.
What children learn
- Explain the basic purpose of a calendar.
- Name and sequence the months of the year and review the days of the week.
- Identify the main parts of monthly and yearly calendars.
- Use a calendar page to plan activities for an upcoming month.
- Practise grouping, number-line counting, and skip counting.
Key activities
- Exploring different calendars and assembling a calendar jigsaw puzzle
- Designing and personalising a calendar with art materials
- Reviewing months, days, dates, and the parts of a calendar
- Planning an upcoming month with a calendar page, markers, and stickers
- Taking part in Restaurant Pretend Play and skip-counting games
- Making stress balls and preparing Masala Papad
You’ll need
calendars and calendar jigsaw puzzles, calendar pages, paper and colourful paper, paint and brushes, crayons and markers, pencils and glue, stickers, number lines and counting materials, restaurant-play props, masala papad ingredients
Structure: 5 days; each day: Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, Warm-up, Social Studies/Science, Creative Learning, English, Maths