CALENDAR PROJECT
Kindergarten
12 Short Lessons for Learning Skills
Finished by December
Carolyn Steenland, Tri County Area Schools
[email protected]
JANUARY - FEBRUARY
For the day /week of the first snow,
quickly paint snow on blue or black
paper. You can use any technique.
White tempera painted on with q-tips
or brushes. Scumbled on with cards or
flat pieces of cardboard. Snow flakes
printed on with cardboard edges.
Then later you can have pre-cut hearts
or have the students cut hearts on
folded papers. Cut out middles and
also glue them on.
MARCH - APRIL
Draw the March wind. You can listen to
music and then draw along with
crayons. Get the students to move
along how the wind might move. You
could also use white crayons and then
a watercolor wash over with blues and
greys.
April is kite flying. Have the students
draw a diamond shape on construction
paper. One way to teach this is to draw
a letter V. Then make an upside down
V on top of it. Cut out the kite.
Students can decorate their kites with
marker or crayons. Glue to the wind
page page. Glue on a piece of yarn or
string for the kite tail.
MAY - JUNE
May is for Mothers and flowers also
grow. We drew pictures of MOM. You
can cut them out and glue on to the
flowers page. You could also glue
flowers on to the Mom page. We have
colored flowers, painted flowers, used
flower stickers. Your schedule can help
to decide what techniques to use.
JULY - AUGUST
July is going to the water – beach, lake,
river or pool. Draw the water and the
waves. You can use markers or crayons
on blue paper. Crayon resist with blue
paint on white paper. Marker on Blue
paper.
August is for the sail boat. We made
the boat from pre-cut construction
paper. On each end of the rectangle,
cut off a triangle to make the pointed
ends of the boat. Color and decorate
the boat. The sails are a rectangle
piece of white paper cut in half
diagonally. Cut and glue the boat and
sails to the water.
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER
September and October is for Apples
and Pumpkins.
We use squares of red, yellow and
green for apples and orange for the
pumpkins. On each corner you cut off
a little bit of the pointed end to begin
to round off the square. Moving
around continue to cut off the little
points. This way the students don’t cut
the square into a little tiny piece.
Color the grass or ground with crayons
and glue the apples and pumpkins to
the background. Add stems and/or
leaves with crayon. You can add little
things on the ground like sticks,
stones, bugs and worms.
NOVEMBER - DECEMBER
November turkeys are drawn on
construction paper and then cut out.
Draw an oval for the body. Then add a
bump for the head. Glue the body to
the background. Draw the details on
the turkey such as the eye and wing.
Then add beak, legs and the feathers.
Color with marker or crayon.
December is a pine tree. This could be
a Christmas tree or just an outdoor
tree. On green paper, draw a large
triangle. Cut out the tree and glue to
the background. Add details with
crayon, marker, stickers or even glitter
glue. You could paint snow on the
branches and add a bird such as a
cardinal.
ASSEMBLY
You will need to find a calendar template to print out two
months
on one sheet In landscape mode.
Then on 12x18 construction paper attach with glue or staples
the
picture with the calendar page below . (see examples)
You may need a heavy duty stapler to staple the six pages
together.
You could create a statement for the back or for a cover from
the student with the date and students’ name.
Send home as a nice gift for parents.