Weekend Language Activity

Making a Family Calendar
Materials

• Calendar for the month of January (Don’t have a calendar, click here)
• Crayons
• Stickers (optional)

Vocabulary/Target Words

• Nouns: calendar, birthday, day, week, month, year
• Verbs: to be (is), look, find, think
• Adjectives: soon, excited, nervous, cold

Language Concepts

• Yesterday/today/tomorrow
• ‘When’ questions
• Morning/afternoon/night
• Days of the week
• Prediction (‘What will…’)

Directions

• Print out a calendar for the month of January and talk about the new year
• Predict what the weather will be like in January
• What will the temperature be outside?
• What clothes will you wear?
• What games could you play?
• Talk about the days of the week (when your child goes to school, playgroup, grandma’s, etc.)
• Practice asking and answering questions relating to the days of the week:
• What day is today?
• What will tomorrow be?
• What day was yesterday?
• What will we do today/tomorrow, etc.?
• Mark any important events, birthdays, or activities on the calendar and talk about them
• Use stickers, markers, etc. to mark the dates
• Ask ‘when’ questions about events on your calendar
• Explore the letters in the word ‘January’ and think about other words with the same sounds

Here’s a song to help your child learn the months of the year.
Here’s a song to help review the days of the week.