One Month Activity Plans for Home

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Drop
Cheerios
into a
Bottle
2. Exercise 3. Play an
I Spy
game in
the car
4. Make
Beds
5. Look for
insects
outside
6. Color
with
Flowe
rs
7. Help
wash the
car
8. Play in
Flour
9. Sort
clean
laundry by
colors
10. Pick
and lay out
clothes for
the next
day
11. Listen
for sounds
inside the
house
12. Listen
for sounds
outside
13.
Water
flowers
indoors &
outdoors
14. Spell
name
and/or
write
name
15. Make
an
Emergency
phone
number list
16. Play
music and
Dance!
17. Play
the Stop
Light
game in
the car
18. Look for
shapes of
objects
around the
house
19. Help
with
household
chores
20. Help
plan a
meal
21. Help
make
the
grocery
list
22. Help
put
groceries
away
23. Help set
the dining
room table
for a meal
24. Make
patterns
with
silverware
25. Help
empty
smaller
trash cans
into the
bigger ones
26. Pick up
trash and
litter in the
yard or
neighborho
-od
27. Go
on a
nature
walk on
the
Cardinal
Greenwa
y
28. Use
househol
d objects
to make
music
29. Parents
tell your
child a
story
30. Have
your child
tell you a
story



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This calendar is made for children from ages 3-5

Day1: Drop cheerios into a bottle
For this activity, you can use any kind of small cereal you may have and any size
bottle or jar that you have around the house. Have the children pick up the cereal with
their fingers and drop them into the bottle or jar. This will help them develop their fine
motor skills, and hand eye coordination. They can also use tongs, or tweezers to pick the
cereal up and drop it into the bottle or jar.

Day2: Exercise
For this activity, you may have your child exercise with you. Some ideas to do
could be stretches, jumps, running, tumble rolls, dance to music, yoga, etc. This is an
opportunity for your child to help develop their gross motor skills and learn to follow
directions.

Day3: Play an I Spy game in the car
For this activity you can spot things out that you see while you are driving,
stopped, or just sitting in the car. You do not have to do this in the car, but this might be a
fun addition to the game. Look for things with certain colors, shapes, signs, or textures.
This game with help your child recognize their colors and shapes.

Day4: Make Beds
Have your child help you make the beds around the house. This will give your
child a sense of responsibility.

Day5: Look for insects outside
Take a trip to the driveway or yard with your child. Ask them to look around and
see what kinds of bugs they can see. Once they find a bug have them describe the bug to
you. Ask about color, size, shape, and texture. Do this with the child until they can find at
least 3 different types, and more if they choose. This activity can allow your child to
compare and contrast the different kinds of insects they find.

Day6: Color with flowers
Help your child find and pick some flowers or dandelions from the yard. Have
them use the flower to color on white paper and make a picture. This activity allows your
child to experience art with different materials.

Day7: Help wash the car
Have your child help you wash the car. Let them help hose the car off, use soap to
wash the car, and then rinse the soap off. They can also help dry the car as well. This is
something fun for the children to do along with an adult. This activity will create bonding
time for the child and adult and will also teach them responsibility.

Day8: Play in flour
For this activity, lay some flour out on the table or in a tray. Allow your child to
drive toy cars/trucks, animals, or other toys through the flour. Talk about what the flour
feels like on their hands, what it smells like, and what happens when you drive or take
toys through it. This activity will allow children to explore with their senses.

Day9: Sort clean laundry by colors
Make a game out of doing the laundry. When you have some clean clothes that
are out of the dryer, ask the children to put all the clothes that are red together, white
together, blue together, and etc. This will help children recognize colors as well as
exploring their senses by smelling and feeling clean clothes.

Day10: Pick and lay out clothes for the next day
Allow your child to pick out their clothes for the next day. Have them try to pick
clothes that match in color or pattern. This will help your childs math skills by learning
to match things that are similar together.

Day11: Listen for sounds inside the house
Have your child tell you about the sounds they hear inside (music, TV, talking,
crying, laughing, etc). Ask them what it is that they think are making each sound they
hear. This activity will allow your child to concentrate on sounds.

Day12: Listen for sounds outdoors
Go outside with your child and have them listen and describe the sounds they hear
to you. Ask them questions such as: Where do you think those sounds are coming from?
What do you think is making that sound? This activity will help your child learn sounds.

Day13: Water flowers indoors/outdoors
Fill up a watering can or pitcher for your child. Have them go around and water
plants inside the house. If all your plants are outside, help the child with the hose and
allow them to water the flowers outside. This activity will help your child develop gross
motor skills by learning balance while carrying water cans, and while holding and
moving the hose.

Day14: Spell name and/or write name
Write your childs name on a piece of paper and put it in front of them. You first
spell out the childs name as you point to the letters. Then have your child spell their
name while you point to the letters. If your child can write, work with them on writing
their names. This will help your child with letter recognition and writing skills.

Day15: Make an emergency phone number list
Sit down with your child and talk to them about what they should do in case of an
emergency. Write down phone numbers to the police station, fire department, their home
number, 911, mom/dad cell numbers, and grandparents numbers. Have them help you
tape it up on the fridge or somewhere they know and can see it. This way they know what
to do in case of an emergency. This activity will help your child with memory, and
learning numbers.


Day16: Play music and dance
Put on some music and dance with your children. This will help your child
develop gross motor skills and be a type of exercise.

Day17: Plat the Stop light game in the car
While you are in the car, have your child tell you what color the stop light is and
what it means. Red-stop, green-go, and yellow-yield or slow down. This activity will help
your child with color recognition and memory.

Day18: Look for shapes of different objects around the house
Pick out some objects in the house and point to them. Ask your child to tell you
what shape they are. This activity will help your child with shape recognition.

Day19: Help with household chores:
Make a list of chores that need to get done during the day that your child can help
with. Start from the top of the list and work your way to the bottom, checking off what
you have done along the way. This will allow your child to learn responsibility and how
to follow a list in order.

Day20: Help plan a meal
Have your child help you plan a nutritious meal. For example: Dinner: Chicken
breast, garlic bread, green beans, strawberries, and milk. Try to meet all the food groups
and write down the menu as you and your child decide what you will have. This will help
your child learn about nutrition.

Day21: Help make the grocery list
Use the meal plan that you made the day before and have your child help you
make a list of the things you will need to get at the grocery. This will help your child
learn nutrition and help their memory.

Day22: Help put the groceries away
After you go to the grocery store, allow your child to help you put the groceries
away. This activity will help your child learn where to put things and responsibility.

Day23: Help set the dining room table for a meal
Have your child help you set the dining room table before you sit down to eat.
Talk about what utensils you might need to use for that meal and what you will put your
food and drinks in. This will help your child with responsibility and cognitive
development.

Day24: Make patterns with silverware
Lay out some silverware on a table (plastic or regular is fine). Make a pattern with
the utensils and ask your child to make that same pattern. Have your child say the pattern
out loud as it is being made. This will help develop math and cognitive skills.


Day25: Help empty smaller trash cans into bigger trash cans
On trash day, or whenever you need the trash emptied, have your child help you
empty the smaller trash cans, such as bathroom, and bedroom cans, into the bigger cans
that you use. This will help your child build some responsibility, as well as learning about
how things are full and empty.

Day26: Pick up trash and litter in the yard
Go outside with your child and have them help you pick up trash that is in the
yard. Talk about how it is important to keep our environment and where we live clean,
and how this can help keep our air clean. This activity will teach your child about the
environment and responsibility.

Day27: Go on a nature walk
Take your child to a park, trail, or just a walk outdoors. Walk around and talk
about all the things you see, hear, and smell. This activity will help your child develop
gross motor skills, help with their senses, and learn about science and nature.

Day28: Use household objects to make music
Allow your child to make music with different objects around the house.
Examples: pots/pans, wooden spoons, plastic objects, tongs, etc. This will help your child
develop music skills and cognitive development.

Day29: Tell your child a story
Think up a story, recreate a story, or tell a real story to your child. This will help
your child with cognitive development and listening skills.

Day30: Have your child tell you a story
Have your child make up a story and tell you about it (help them or add to this if
needed). This will help your child with cognitive development and social skills.