Calendar words π β English games for kids
Aylara A.
Kids' teacher Β· founder of AylaraTalks
The calendar words topic gives you 23 concrete, drawable, act-out-able words β ideal game material for young learners. Below: the full word list, five ways to play it (each opens a game with this topic already loaded), and the printables for offline lessons.
A word becomes the child's own after roughly seven meetings. One topic, several different games β that's how the meetings happen without a single drill.
The words (23)
- 1οΈβ£ Monday β ΠΏΠΎΠ½Π΅Π΄Π΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊ
- 2οΈβ£ Tuesday β Π²ΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊ
- 3οΈβ£ Wednesday β ΡΡΠ΅Π΄Π°
- 4οΈβ£ Thursday β ΡΠ΅ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ³
- 5οΈβ£ Friday β ΠΏΡΡΠ½ΠΈΡΠ°
- 6οΈβ£ Saturday β ΡΡΠ±Π±ΠΎΡΠ°
- 7οΈβ£ Sunday β Π²ΠΎΡΠΊΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΡΠ΅
- β January β ΡΠ½Π²Π°ΡΡ
- π February β ΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠ°Π»Ρ
- π· March β ΠΌΠ°ΡΡ
- β April β Π°ΠΏΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
- πΌ May β ΠΌΠ°ΠΉ
- π June β ΠΈΡΠ½Ρ
- π July β ΠΈΡΠ»Ρ
- β±οΈ August β Π°Π²Π³ΡΡΡ
- π September β ΡΠ΅Π½ΡΡΠ±ΡΡ
Five ways to play them
- Memory Match β pictureβword pairs from the calendar words set; every flip is said aloud. Two-player mode for student vs teacher.
- Bingo β you call the words, kids hunt their cards: listening practice with a winner's shout at the end.
- Flip Cards β the deck on screen: picture first, the child names it, flip to check. Great for the first meeting with the words.
- Word Scramble β the shorter calendar words words letter by letter: spelling dressed as a puzzle.
- Balloon Words β save the word before the balloons fly away: the alphabet drill children ask to repeat.
Print & go
For offline lessons (or online students with a printer), the same calendar words words come as A4 printables: cut-out flashcards with three label options, a one-page poster for the wall, unique bingo sheets with a caller's list, and a matching worksheet with an upside-down answer key.
β Take this with you
One topic, 23 words, five games and four printables: enough material for two or three lessons plus the review that makes it stick. Pick six words to master per lesson β the rest will follow.
π Put it into play
Everything here pairs with our free classroom games β no prep, no accounts.
About the author
Aylara A.
Kids' teacher Β· founder of AylaraTalks
Aylara is a kids' teacher who spent years hand-making every classroom game β cutting cards and drawing boards on paper sheets. She created AylaraTalks so no teacher has to start from a blank page again.