Activities

Months of the Year Activity

Interactive sorting and ordering of month names
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Year Level
Year 1
6 year olds
Availability
FREE

Engage with interactive activities to sort, order, and match the months of the year, reinforcing recognition and sequence skills through practical calendar-based tasks.

Highlights

  • Sort and identify month names
  • Order months in correct calendar sequence
  • Match clues to month positions

Explore the months of the year through a variety of interactive activities designed to build recognition and sequencing skills. Learners begin by sorting words to identify which are months and which are not, supporting the development of month name recognition.

The resource then guides learners through ordering tasks, where they arrange the first six months, the last six months, and finally all twelve months from January to December. These activities reinforce understanding of the correct chronological order of months in a calendar year.

Further, learners complete drag-and-drop tasks to fill in missing months within sequences, and use clues such as "Sixth month of the year" or "Month before September" to match month names to their correct positions. These varied activities provide opportunities for practice and formative checks, making the resource suitable for classroom or home learning contexts.

This resource supports the development of foundational calendar skills, helping learners describe and sequence events using months of the year.

Edzo

Edzo

Jill Snape

Jill Snape

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This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Content language: English (Australia)

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