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RSSWhen we first started homeschooling several years ago, my kids didn't know their months very well, and they especially didn't know the numbers associated with each month. So after fruitlessly searching on the internet for some worksheets, teaching ideas, etc., I came up with my own to help my kids learn their months (and their numbers).
Here's a link to all five worksheets in one document if you'd like to download them for your own use (just click the link to download).
DOWNLOAD Learning the Months Worksheets (61K)
I started out with this simple printout of the months, broken down into seasons. I went over the sheet with the kids as an introduction, but I didn't necessarily require them to memorize it at first as I expected (hoped) the drills to really solidify the numbers in their heads better than rote memorization.
Then I showed them another handout that broke the months down into quarters.
I had my kids memorize the months and the associated number (one quarter at a time), and then do the exercises on this first worksheet (see below), which covers months 1 through 6.
The above worksheet is broken down into stages so my kids only had to memorize three months at a time. Exercises 1 & 2 on the worksheet covered the first quarter (Jan-Mar), exercises 3 & 4 covered the second quarter (Apr-Jun), and then exercises 5 & 6 covered both quarters together.
On the worksheet, when the month was listed, they would put the associated number next to it; when a number was listed, they would write the first three letters of the associated month. (I had the kids write just the abbreviation, otherwise they'd get quickly tired of writing the month in full and miss the main point of the exercise!)
The worksheet below covers months 7-12 in the same manner as the last worksheet. Months 7 through 9 are covered first, then 10 through 12, and then all six months are reviewed in exercises 5 & 6.
This last worksheet is simply a before and after exercise. I had my kids write the first three letters of the month that comes before or after the month listed, depending on the position of the blank line. This worksheet covers all twelve months of the year.
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Thank you for having these available for our use.
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FABULOUS! Thanks so much!!!
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Thank you, Thank you!!!
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Thanks for these ideas. My son is having to learn the months in French and it has brought it home to me that he doesn't really know the order in English either.
I also found the ideas for games to play on http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards/months.php very useful. They have flashcards and there are lots of ideas in the forums for teaching games.
Then I've got to help him learn how to spell them – in French!
Do you want a copy of the worksheets in French if I translate it?
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those are wonderful worksheets! When I started calendar time with my preschoolers, I didn't realize how badly my fourth grader needed the practice as well. He continually overheard us singing a "months of the year" song and now he finally has it! We sing the months of the year to the "10 Little Indians" tune.
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Thanks so much for this info! "The Dad" was just requesting some work on this the other day when one of the kids didn't understand something!
What good timing for Jamin' to post the link, though I was just here the other day getting your recipe for the pizza pockets!
Thanks so much!
Be blessed,
Danielle
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These are EXCELLENT!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your hard work!
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thanks so much for this great resource! I'm new to your site & can't wait to look around some more
.-= christine´s last blog ..Show & Tell =-.
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Thanks for your sharing.It's a useful worksheets for us to teach "Months of a Year".
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hi thanks for the worksheets, but do you know that the first 'February' is the wrong spelling…..!!! 'Febraury'
From Joy: Thank you for pointing that out! You're the first person who has. I've fixed the mispelling on the worksheet.
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hi hope i wasn't being rude….my spelling is terrible now since working with special needs kids i see words spelt so many different ways i forget which one is the correct one.
bev
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Joy Reply:
September 17th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
@bev, Not rude at all! I really appreciate your pointing it out. I'm just shocked that no one else pointed it out to me earlier
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Thanks for these worksheets. We sat down to learn to write dates and I realized that my son didn't know the month numbers. This was a lot of help.
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Thank you for posting this. I needed a practical way of teaching this to my daughter.
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