Quick and Easy Preschool Calendar Station
Last year I was the room assistant in my son’s preschool. This meant that I went with him to school each day and helped the teacher out with whatever she needed during the school day. Because of this his little sister got to attend as well, even though she was only two. She absolutely adored every minute of it and she learned so much. I don’t know many two year olds who just love trying to sound out words, but she sure does!
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Fast forward to the beginning of this school year. We are in a new state, my son is at a new school, and his little sister misses the cut off to go to school this year by four days. The poor girl is so heart broken and feels left behind. I decided to spend our time when big brother is at school to have some preschool time of our own at home.
The part of school that she missed most is calendar, so I whipped up this calendar station for our home where we could spend some time each day. I could have turned this into a huge project that took me weeks and lots of money to prepare, but instead I took an hour and made it from stuff I had around the house. She adores it, and I love that it was a quick and frugal solution!
For this project you will need:
- A Desk Calendar
- Clip Art Print Outs
- Sticky Notes
- A couple packages VELCRO® Brand STICKY BACK® Fasteners
Decide what information you want to cover each morning at calendar time. I chose days of the week, weather, shapes, letters, and colors. Find some clip art to represent each of the items and print them out. I chose to print mine out in black and white and color them myself, it gives them some personality.
If you have a laminator at home, I would run the pieces through there before applying the VELCRO® Brand fasteners to the back.
Decide where you want your calendar station to be in your house. Go ahead and hang up the large calendar and the base pages on the wall using the VELCRO® Brand STICKY BACK® Fasteners. These make it easy to switch out the calendar each year or change out the base pages based on what you choose to teach. I like to use sticky notes for the days of the week. You can color coordinate them to teach patters, odd and even numbers, etc.
We love using our calendar each morning to start out our day here at home. VELCRO® Brand fasteners make so many things easier during back to school. They are a great way to manage your families hectic schedules, you can use them to make a family calendar, keep track of homework assignments or chores in a spot that is easily viewed by all family members. Or use VELCRO® Brand ONE-WRAP® ties to organize the mess of cords that come with today’s technology.
The girls tell me they do this in school. I think it’s also a great idea to make one at home, so they can practice.
I love when teachers get new classroom tools that help them teach in creative ways! Kids respond to hands-on teaching techniques!
This is so cool. I love the idea.
My son would love this calendar. I love the idea of Velcro to allow the kids to change the signs on the station.
this is great. my friend has a daughter in preschool i am gonna past this along. thank you.
As an educator I love this! Never too early to start, and this looks simple and affordable enough to make!
I really like this idea. It is a great way for kids to keep track of the day. I will have to show this to my friend that works in a daycare.
I will have to share this with my friends with little ones. It is a fantastic idea.
This is such a great idea. I will have to make one for my kids.
This is such a neat idea. I actually have one daughter in Preschool, so this would be great for her. I’m sure she’d really love this.
This is such a fun idea! I love how you set yours up with letters and shapes of the week.
This is perfect for the toddler school I’m starting at home with my twins. Easy way to help them remember things too!
What a great idea. Thanks for sharing.
This is a really neat idea, I will have to share it with my sister for my niece.
I LOVE this. This is similar to what my daughter does at preschool every day. Might need to do it at home too.
I love your calendar station. I haven’t used this product before but it would be great to hold up recipes and such.
Great way to form an important routine. Looks cute too!
I like how this can easily be remade for each month. Great idea for my kids here too!
This is really awesome. I could use this in my house especially for my littler two!
That is such a cute idea. It’s the perfect way to help teach them numbers, and I love the little additions, too.
That is a great way to keep track of life! What a great idea this is.