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Setting Up Your Calendar! {and it’s all FREE!}

Well, just like June, July swept right by and now we are well into August!

Many of you are back in school (with students!)…. so I guess I can’t complain too much!  I go back next week for a full week of in-service/teacher meetings/meet-the-teacher, and then we welcome our students back on August 24.

With the BIG day less than two weeks away now, that means I have been up in my *new* classroom getting things ready for my little kindergartners!

I just set up my calendar area today, but already have had so many questions and comments about everything… I figured it would be best to finally blog again!

Do you do a calendar routine in your classroom?!  I think this time is SO important for our students!  So often, we have so many that still struggle with the days of the week, months, etc… however this time with our students is also a great mini-teach time!  {LOVE}

You can include quick questioning with your students, review important skills and concepts, and just be a little family…. all in the matter of 10-20 minutes!

Here is how I set up my calendar {today!}

AND…. every thing {except the buckets} is attached to the dry erase board using magnetic tape!  

It’s simple…. all in one area…. and has multiple concepts we can cover in a short amount of time!
I’ll break it down and explain how I hung it up… what I plan to do with it, etc…
Ten frames are SO important…. for SO many reasons!!  I decided to include this to help us count our days of school!
I plan on either using circle stickers to fill in the days or you can easily use seasonal stickers, dry erase markers to write/draw, etc…
While we won’t dive too deep into place value with kindergarten, this will definitely be laying the groundwork for these little babies! 
These little baskets!  They were a 3-pack for ONE DOLLAR people!  I use these in my center buckets, I hold supplies, and so much more {and they come in multiple colors – lime green, pink, and this blue!}
The big question I have been getting…. “How did you attach them to the board?”
One of my favorite inventions….. VELCRO!
These will hold my calendar cards {which we will add together each day, weather cards, days of the week, dry erase markers…. and whatever else you want!}
Yesterday Was, Today Is, and Tomorrow Will Be…..
I have little circles with the days of the week that I have magnetic tape on the back of that we will use to hang them up!  {These will also be kept in the little attached buckets!}
This is where we will write the date {remember… it’s held on with magnetic tape so I can easily take it on and off the board to allow students to be involved!}
After we fill in our ten frames, we will also write in our place value chart (again…. dry erase markers are your friend!}
The weather chart…. I have also created little weather cards that will be held on by Velcro as we switch out the weather each day!
Now for the big FREEBIE!!!!
You can have EVERYTHING in this picture {except the buckets and the black calendar…. which I purchased at a teacher store!}….. but everything else can be yours for FREE!!!
The “CALENDAR” circles, the ten frames, the weather, posters, place value, etc….. ALL FOR YOU!!! 🙂
All you have to do is hop on over the my Facebook page and grab the “Fan Freebie”!!!!
I hope you enjoy it and can hopefully use some of them!!
I’ll be back with some more classroom ideas, decor, and MORE….. soon!

Comments

  11. You saved me so much time! Thank you. I am redoing my math board and was going to add the 10frames as well as updating many of the headers. This is great. Now if only I had a magnetic board. Can you take care of that too?? 🙂 Thanks again.-Pauline

  12. This is an absolutely wonderful gift! We are using an Eric Carle theme this year and the colors and font style is perfect. I love everything about this calendar, especially the ten frame development. Thank you.

  21. Hi there! I was wondering with the page ' Today Is' (month, day, year) that is in written form if you would be able to also include one that is in numerical form with the dashes?

  24. I love your calendar set up and would love to use it in my classroom. Could I please have a copy. Can't figure out how to download it. Thank you so much.

  59. Hi! I just came across your blog and I LOVE this calendar freebie! I tried to open up the fan freebies on your facebook page, but it kept saying connection was reset. If it is still available, I would love to have it! My email is jpeters@tiftschools.com. Thanks so much!!

  62. I love your caledndar set! I cannot not access it through facebook. When I click on the fan freebie page, the page will not come up. If possible could you email it to me taihortonatgmail.com. Thanks

  72. Hello! I, like everyone else, absolutely LOVE your calendar set and would love to have it for my Kindergarten room! I'm unable to find it, so if you happen to be sending it out, I'd be so grateful if you could also email it to me! Thank you!! andreakberes@gmail.com

  74. These are adorable! Like everyone else, I am unable to find it on your fb page. Sorry! Would you be able to email it to runde13@yahoo.com. I would greatly appreciate it! It would look so much better than what I have now:o) Thank you!

  85. Question: If you laminate the tens frames and use stickers, do you have a problem removing them? I used black dotes on my old one and couldn't get them off.

  86. I love your today, tomorrow and yesterday. Could you make one that says: Today we have
    I would like to use it for Specials we have each day and would like it to match your other ones.
    Thanks so much!

  93. I am a first year teacher, Yay!! I would love to have this calendar for my first grade classroom, but I can's find the "fan freebie" button to download. Can you help me?

  94. ahhh… just another annoying teacher wanting your calendar set! Please let me know how I can get it. I also looked on TPT to buy it (and would be willing to pay for it!) but can only find the "burlap" version. Thank you so much!! My email is wverinflint@gmail.com

  107. Absoutely love your calendar! Thank you for sharing. I`m from Brazil so I`d like to translate it to Portuguese, with your permission. If you allow me, world you please informe me the font you used? Thnaks again, Giovanna

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