The Nurturing Nest
Family Child Care & Preschool
January 2024 Calendar





 
The following is our skill-based activity calendar for the month of January. Activities are developmentally appropriate, research-based and aligned with state standards. We cover the following skill-based activities: Circle Time Activity, Language & Literacy, Math & Reasoning, Creative Arts and Music & Movement.


  
Day 1

Paleontology

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Fossil Detectives
  • Language/Literacy: Dino Nametags   
  • Math and Reasoning: Counting Links
  • Creative Arts: Field Journal 
  • Music and Movement: Paleontologist Puzzle Dance
Day 2

Excavation Site

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Sharing Discoveries
  • Language/Literacy: Rock Letters 
  • Math and Reasoning: Searching for Bones  
  • Creative Arts: Excavation Dig  
  • Music and Movement: Prehistoric Sunset
Day 3

Fossil

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Community Fossils
  • Language/Literacy: Land of Dinosaurs  
  • Math and Reasoning: Fossil Imprints 
  • Creative Arts: Fossil Stamp   
  • Music and Movement: Fossil Story  
Day 4

Bone

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Dino Model  
  • Language/Literacy: Dinosaur Names
  • Math and Reasoning: Finding Bones 
  • Creative Arts: Bone Puzzles   
  • Music and Movement: Jurassic Jam
Day 5

Tyrannosaurus Rex

 
  • Circle Time Activity: T-Rex Foot Size 
  • Language/Literacy: Dinosaur Journal  
  • Math and Reasoning: Dinosaur Designs
  • Creative Arts: T-Rex Teeth Necklace  
  • Music and Movement: T-Rex Attack 
Day 6

Brontosaurus

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Build-a-Neck  
  • Language/Literacy: Go Away   
  • Math and Reasoning: Sorting Leaves 
  • Creative Arts: Brontosaurus Puppet 
  • Music and Movement: Brontosaurus 
Day 7

Stegosaurus

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Special Stegosaurus Book
  • Language/Literacy: Leafy Letter L 
  • Math and Reasoning: Counting Spikes 
  • Creative Arts: Stegosaurus   
  • Music and Movement: Dinosaur Days
Day 8

Triceratops

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Lead the Herd 
  • Language/Literacy: Meat- or Leaf-Eater?   
  • Math and Reasoning: Dinosaur Match 
  • Creative Arts: Dino Stencil    
  • Music and Movement: Stop, I'm a Triceratops
Day 9

Mussaurus

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Mussaurus's Nest
  • Language/Literacy: Bone Letters 
  • Math and Reasoning: Dino Math Stories
  • Creative Arts: Mussaurus Egg Shaker  
  • Music and Movement: T-Rex Attack 
Day 10

Pterodactyl

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Flying Pterodactyl
  • Language/Literacy: Dino Body Parts 
  • Math and Reasoning: Jurassic Puzzle 
  • Creative Arts: Dino Shapes 
  • Music and Movement: Pterodactyl Flight 
Day 11

Egg

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Hatching Eggs
  • Language/Literacy: Roll the Egg
  • Math and Reasoning: Egg Inside? 
  • Creative Arts: Cracked Egg  
  • Music and Movement: My Baby Dinosaur
Day 12

Head

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Nod or Shake 
  • Language/Literacy: Dino Roll & Match  
  • Math and Reasoning: Dino Patterns 
  • Creative Arts: Dino Headband  
  • Music and Movement: Fossil Story
Day 13

Tail

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Long Tail 
  • Language/Literacy: Letters & Tails   
  • Math and Reasoning: Where's My Tail? 
  • Creative Arts: Dino Tail   
  • Music and Movement: Prehistoric Sunset
Day 14

Body

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Fair is Fair
  • Language/Literacy: Dino Body Cards
  • Math and Reasoning: Dino War 
  • Creative Arts: Dino Skeleton
  • Music and Movement: Build-a-Dino
Day 15

Feet

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Move Like a Dinosaur
  • Language/Literacy: Dino Twister 
  • Math and Reasoning: Jurassic Jam Puzzles 
  • Creative Arts: Dino Feet  
  • Music and Movement: Dino Feet Beat
Day 16

Volcano

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Bubbling Lava Experiment
  • Language/Literacy: V is for Volcano  
  • Math and Reasoning: Counting Lava Rocks 
  • Creative Arts: Exploding Volcano 
  • Music and Movement: Explode, Volcano!
Day 17

Pangaea

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Pangaea Jump 
  • Language/Literacy: Erupting V  
  • Math and Reasoning: Pangaea Puzzles 
  • Creative Arts: My Postcards 
  • Music and Movement: Prehistoric Sunset
Day 18

Jurassic Plants

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Growing Leaves  
  • Language/Literacy: Lost Letters 
  • Math and Reasoning: Feed the Dinosaurs
  • Creative Arts: Dino Path  
  • Music and Movement: Brontosaurus Leaves
Day 19

Extinction

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Who is Extinct?
  • Language/Literacy: Save the Dinosaurs  
  • Math and Reasoning: Goodbye, Dinosaurs 
  • Creative Arts: My Portfolio  
  • Music and Movement: Dinosaur Days
Day 20

Museum

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Museum Walk 
  • Language/Literacy: Quiet Letters  
  • Math and Reasoning: Color Bones 
  • Creative Arts: Tic-Tac-Toe  
  • Music and Movement: Jurassic Jam



  



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