The Nurturing Nest
Family Child Care & Preschool
March 2025 Calendar





 
The following is our skill-based activity calendar for the month of March. 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

Cowboy Boots

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Dancing with Friends 
  • Language/Literacy: Stomp Out Your Name   
  • Math and Reasoning: Boot Toss 
  • Creative Arts: Boot Designs
  • Music and Movement: Dancing Feet
Day 2

Cowboy Hat

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Skip Around the Hat 
  • Language/Literacy: Faces & Hats
  • Math and Reasoning: Cowboy Hat Colors
  • Creative Arts: Cowboy Hat Headband 
  • Music and Movement: Hat Dance 
Day 3

Lasso

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Knot Challenge 
  • Language/Literacy: I Spy Cacti 
  • Math and Reasoning: Lasso Shapes 
  • Creative Arts: lasso Prop   
  • Music and Movement: Lasso Dance
Day 4

Horse

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Ride the Horse 
  • Language/Literacy: Horseshoe Toss 
  • Math and Reasoning: Counting Horses 
  • Creative Arts: Little Letter Book: Nn
  • Music and Movement: Horse Tricks 
Day 5

At the Rodeo

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Rodeo Obstacle Course 
  • Language/Literacy: My Little Desert Journal 
  • Math and Reasoning: Who's at the Rodeo? 
  • Creative Arts: Rodeo Memory Game 
  • Music and Movement: Rodeo Dance 
Day 6

Sahara Desert

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Sharing Water
  • Language/Literacy: Sand Letters 
  • Math and Reasoning: Race to the Oasis
  • Creative Arts: Canteen Prop 
  • Music and Movement: Oasis
Day 7

Camel

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Camel Jumping 
  • Language/Literacy: Sally the Camel 
  • Math and Reasoning: How Many Humps? 
  • Creative Arts: Little letter Book: Ww 
  • Music and Movement: Camel Ride 
Day 8

Small Desert Animals

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Hiding in the Desert 
  • Language/Literacy: Who's Hiding?
  • Math and Reasoning: Don't Spin the Scorpion
  • Creative Arts: Silly Desert Animals    
  • Music and Movement: Dancing Desert Animals 
Day 9

The Great Pyramid

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Pyramid Tunnels
  • Language/Literacy: Pyramid Hieroglyphics  
  • Math and Reasoning: Pyramid Designs 
  • Creative Arts: Pyramid Stamping  
  • Music and Movement: Building Pyramids 
Day 10

Plants of the Sahara

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Weaving with Friends 
  • Language/Literacy: Sahara Letters 
  • Math and Reasoning: I Am Honest
  • Creative Arts: Olive Tree 
  • Music and Movement: Desert Flower 
Day 11

Mojave Desert

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Hot in the Desert
  • Language/Literacy: What Am I? 
  • Math and Reasoning: Puzzles in the Sand 
  • Creative Arts: Coyote Mask  
  • Music and Movement: Mojave Desert Dance
Day 12

Desert Tortoise

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Little Desert Tortoise
  • Language/Literacy: Tortoises on the Move 
  • Math and Reasoning: Tortoise or Turtle? 
  • Creative Arts: Desert Tortoise Race 
  • Music and Movement: In My Shell 
Day 13

Burro

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Desert Trails 
  • Language/Literacy: Little Letter Book: Zz
  • Math and Reasoning: Pack a Pattern
  • Creative Arts: Listen & Draw   
  • Music and Movement: Burro's Song
Day 14

Cactus

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Cactus Safety
  • Language/Literacy: Spiny Letters 
  • Math and Reasoning: Pokey Playdough
  • Creative Arts: Cactus Sculpture 
  • Music and Movement: Don't Sit on a Cactus
Day 15

Plants of the Mojave

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Pass the Prickly Pear 
  • Language/Literacy: Would You 
  • Rather? 
  • Math and Reasoning: Dessert Matching Game 
  • Creative Arts: Pokey Plants 
  • Music and Movement: Tumblin' Tumbleweed
Day 16

Desert Cottontail

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Like a Cottontail 
  • Language/Literacy: Word Family Hop 
  • Math and Reasoning: Scared Cottontail 
  • Creative Arts: Desert Cottontail Puppet 
  • Music and Movement: Cottontail Hop
Day 17

Desert Night

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Cold Desert 
  • Language/Literacy: Letters in the Dark 
  • Math and Reasoning: Desert Night Bingo 
  • Creative Arts: Desert Night Painting 
  • Music and Movement: Desert Night Dance 
Day 18

Coyote

 
  • Circle Time Activity: The Coyote in the Night 
  • Language/Literacy: No Sun Is fun 
  • Math and Reasoning: Coyotes & Rattlesnakes 
  • Creative Arts: Desert Postcard  
  • Music and Movement: Coyote Chase
Day 19

Rattlesnake

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Friendly Snakes 
  • Language/Literacy: Snake Letters 
  • Math and Reasoning: Counting Rattlers 
  • Creative Arts: Rattlesnake Shaker 
  • Music and Movement: Rattlesnake Rhythm 
Day 20

Campfire

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Campfire Safety 
  • Language/Literacy: Campsite Exploration 
  • Math and Reasoning: Campfire Shapes 
  • Creative Arts: My Portfolio 
  • Music and Movement: Campfire Song



  



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