Time – Years, Months, Days of the Week
(This is a good lesson for just after the New Year.)
Objective: Help children understand how Time Words relate to them.
Preparation:
· Make a word cards for the words “time”, “year”, “months of the year”, calendar”, and “days of the week”.
· Have the months of the year on a poster or cards by the calendar. (Picture of my school calendar included.)
· Prepare to sing “The Months of the Year”. (Sing to the tune of “Ten Little Indians” or some other tune you like.)
· Prepare to sing “Today is Monday”. (Can use Eric Carle’s book or make a pocket chart.)
· Make up a “Days of the Week” book for each child. (PDF included)
Downloadable PDF link: book days of the week.
Lesson:
Discuss Year. Then put the word Year on the Calendar. Write the Year next to the word. (Year 2012)
Put up the word card, “months of the year”. Sing “The Months of the Year:
· January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. These are the months of the year.
Find each child’s month of their birthday. Sing the song again with each child standing when their month is sung. Sing slowly. Talk about the current month.
Put word card for the Days of the Week on the calendar. Sing or read “Today is Monday”.
Talk about the days of the week and which day is today.
Have each child make a “Days of the Week Book”. Have each child draw something they do on each day of the week. Sunday-church or family dinner, Tuesday-school, Saturday-daddy plays with me, etc. School might be more than one day, so pick out something special that happens on a particular day. Like Thursday is Popcorn Day.
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