The Nurturing Nest
Family Child Care & Preschool
January 2025 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

Passport

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Stamp the Passport
  • Language/Literacy: Sign In   
  • Math and Reasoning: Continent Toss 
  • Creative Arts: Passport Stamp  
  • Music and Movement: African Grasslands 
  • Book: Safari, So Good! 
Day 2

Packing Up

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Packing Orange 
  • Language/Literacy: S Is for Sock  
  • Math and Reasoning: Packing List 
  • Creative Arts: Safari Hat 
  • Music and Movement: Time to Pack 
  • Book: Sockfari 
Day 3

Game Reserve

 
  • Circle Time Activity: My Camera 
  • Language/Literacy: My Safari Journal 
  • Math and Reasoning: Hiding Animals 
  • Creative Arts: Safari Binoculars   
  • Music and Movement: Photos of the Reserve 
  • Book: Safari Animals
Day 4

Safari Vehicles

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Roadblock 
  • Language/Literacy: Letter Path 
  • Math and Reasoning: Safari Search 
  • Creative Arts: Baboon Contemporary Art  
  • Music and Movement: Driving Through Grasslands 
  • Book: The Matatu 
Day 5

Safari Safety

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Did You Know?   
  • Language/Literacy: Animals Safe Zones 
  • Math and Reasoning: Protect the Animals 
  • Creative Arts: S Is for Snake 
  • Music and Movement: Safe Inside 
  • Book: Way Far Away on a Wild Safari 
Day 6

Lion

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Search & Smell 
  • Language/Literacy: What's Hiding? 
  • Math and Reasoning: Be Patient 
  • Creative Arts: Lion Mask  
  • Music and Movement: Lion Leader 
  • Book: Starry Safari
Day 7

Elephant

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Traveling Herd 
  • Language/Literacy: Can It Fit? 
  • Math and Reasoning: Digging Tusks
  • Creative Arts: Elephant Body  
  • Music and Movement: Elephant Stomp
  • Book: You and Me: We're Opposites
Day 8

Rhino

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Call & Response 
  • Language/Literacy: R Is for Rhino 
  • Math and Reasoning: Watering Hole  
  • Creative Arts: Rhino Horn   
  • Music and Movement: Safari Stomp
  • Book: Forest Friends: Building Buddies 
Day 9

Zebra

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Unique Stripes 
  • Language/Literacy: Striped Letters 
  • Math and Reasoning: Wild Patterns  
  • Creative Arts: Zebra Stripes 
  • Music and Movement: Furry Fun
  • Book: Greedy Zebra 
Day 10

Giraffe

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Making Oval Shapes 
  • Language/Literacy: Sock Animals 
  • Math and Reasoning: Giraffe Spots Game
  • Creative Arts: Listen & Draw  
  • Music and Movement: Giraffe March
  • Book: A Giraffe and a Half 
Day 11

Beads

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Community Necklace  
  • Language/Literacy: Stringing Words 
  • Math and Reasoning: African Color Patterns 
  • Creative Arts: African Necklace 
  • Music and Movement: Pretty Beads
  • Book: Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky 
Day 12

Hut

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Safe Hut 
  • Language/Literacy: Building with Friends 
  • Math and Reasoning: Constructing Huts 
  • Creative Arts: Play Hut 
  • Music and Movement: Brick Beat 
  • Book: A is for Africa
Day 13

Food

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Balancing Food 
  • Language/Literacy: Safari Food Web  
  • Math and Reasoning: Filling Fruit Baskets 
  • Creative Arts: Little Letter Book: Cc 
  • Music and Movement: Finding Food 
  • Book: Handa's Surprise 
Day 14

Music

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Drum Chat 
  • Language/Literacy: Musical Letters
  • Math and Reasoning: Repeat the Beat 
  • Creative Arts: Shaker Stick 
  • Music and Movement: Making Music
  • Book: Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa 
Day 15

Migration

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Migrating Herds 
  • Language/Literacy: Roll to Safety 
  • Math and Reasoning: Elephant Matching
  • Creative Arts: Migrating  
  • Music and Movement: Find Food
  • Book: Alphabreaths: The ABCs of Mindful Breathing
Day 16

Grass

 
  • Circle Time Activity: I Look Down 
  • Language/Literacy: Grass Investigations
  • Math and Reasoning: Spots in the Grass 
  • Creative Arts: Grass Crown  
  • Music and Movement: Dancing on Grass
  • Book: We All Went on Safari 
Day 17

Birds

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Five Little Birds 
  • Language/Literacy: Follow the Feather 
  • Math and Reasoning: Finding Water Game 
  • Creative Arts: Flamingo Puppet  
  • Music and Movement: Flap Wings
  • Book: Ostrich and Lark
Day 18

Water

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Bridge Over Water 
  • Language/Literacy: Watering Hole Toss 
  • Math and Reasoning: How Many in the Water?
  • Creative Arts: Safari Postcard  
  • Music and Movement: Fresh Water
  • Book: Rain 
Day 19

Beetles

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Beetle, Beetle 
  • Language/Literacy: Choose-a-Beetle  
  • Math and Reasoning: Shape Beetles 
  • Creative Arts: Beetle Design  
  • Music and Movement: Beetle Jump
  • Book: Lion Lessons 
Day 20

Trees

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Shake That Tree! 
  • Language/Literacy: Baobab Tree 
  • Math and Reasoning: Safari Movements
  • Creative Arts: My Portfolio 
  • Music and Movement: Grassland Trees
  • Book: Save the Land 



  



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