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GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

 Countdown to Kindergarten
 Activities Calendar 2021

The months leading up to kindergarten are an exciting time. We hope your family will
 enjoy this calendar of fun activities as you count down to kindergarten together!

 Gates Chili Central School District
 Early Childhood Committee

☘ March ☘ Countdown to Kindergarten
 Activities Calendar 2021

 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

 1 Read to your 2 3 4 March around 5 Cut small, 6 Go outside!

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 Ask your child to Visit the library to
 child for 20 sing their favorite song. look for books about the house looking for medium and large Build a snowman,
 minutes. St. Patrick’s Day. things that are circles. Have your if you
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 child glue them to have
 GREEN.
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 paper to make a snow.
 snowman.

7 Talk to your child 8 March around the 9 Sprinkle salt on 10 Look through 11 Tape a B L U E 12 Have your child 13 Demonstrate
about a time that house and count how an ice cube, place a junk mail with your and Y E L L O W sort coins by size. how to cough into
you played in the many windows, steps thread on top. Wait a child. Can they find crayon together and your elbow, so

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snow when you were on the stairs, number minute, then letters that they have your child color you don’t
young. of chairs, etc.

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 lift the
 thread.
 knows?
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 GREEN!
 spread
 germs.

14 Follow a recipe 15 Hide pennies in 16 Write a large 17 18 Bath Time! 19 Have your 20

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and make something a room and have your “ ” and next to Have your child child pick out their The First
 practice drawing Day of Spring

 child pretend they the number, put one own outfit and dress
to share. shapes, letters or
 are a leprechaun themselves.
 little ball of Playdoh. numbers with suds.
 looking for
 their gold. Repeat with
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21 March around 22 Ask your child 23 Name different 24 Visit the library 25 Look for the 26 Play in a sink 27 Arrange a

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the house looking colors of objects. to look for books of warm, soapy play date.

 to move like these

for things that are Take one object away about Spring. number “ ” in
 water.

 animals – rabbit ,
shaped like a and have them tell grocery store ads.
 horse , frog ,
 
square. you what color is
 bear , penguin . missing?

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28 Look for the 29 Have your child 30 Talk to your 31 Teach your
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number “ ” in draw a self-portrait. child about whether child how to set the
 March came in like a table.

grocery ads. Have
your child point or lion and went out like
circle them. a lamb?

☔ April Countdown to Kindergarten
 Activities Calendar 2021

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 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

 1 Go outside and 2 Invite your child to 3 Pick up cotton
 collect some rocks. look outside and tell balls with tweezers or
 Then talk about how you what the weather

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 kitchen tongs. Then
 they are the same or looks like? Is it cloudy
 try to pick them up

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 different. , sunny ,
 or rainy ? with your toes!

4 Easter 5 Read a book to 6 Cut apart the 7 Have your child 8 Have your child 9 Take 10 With your child,

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 your child and have letters of your child’s cut out pictures count their snack a trip to the library find words that start
 them show you name and have them from a magazine such as pretzels, and find a joke book. with the same sound
 how to hold put them back in the Tell each as their name:
 or ad. goldfish,
 correct order.
 S
 the book. other a Sam, soap,

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 grapes etc. and sandwich.
 good joke.

11 Ask your child 12 Praise your 13 Point out 14 Sing “Head, 15 Put a bunch of 16 Make 17 Plan a meal
to crab walk to the child for saying numbers on license Shoulders, Knees and letters on a wall, turn “binoculars.” Take two with your child. Have
tub. plates. Toes” with your child. out the lights and empty toilet paper

 “Please and them cut out pictures

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 have your child rolls and
 Thank you.” point a flashlight at tape them of food and tape/
 them and name them. together. glue to paper plate.

18 Clap out the 19 Have your child 20 Take a walk and 21 Plan a 22 Earth Day 23 Have your child 24 Go for a

rhythm of your name look for the letters talk about why it’s not play date. sort the laundry hike on a nature
and have your child in their name in the good to litter. Maybe into piles of trail at one of our
do the same. Then try junk mail. pick up some litter and

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 colors and local parks!
other people’s names. show them how to put
Jon-a-thon, La-toy-a in the trash. whites.

25 With your 26 Have your 27 See if your 28 Make a map 29 Have your 30 Have your child

finger, draw letters child practice writing child can tell you of your house. Have child jump with
 numbers in pudding help with laundry

on your child’s back who lives your child two feet over
and have them or shaving cream. with them. puddles by matching
 trace paths
guess. from room or pillows. socks.
 to room.

 May Countdown to Kindergarten
 Activities Calendar 2021

 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

 1 Read a story to

 your child and have
 them retell it
 to you.

2 Look for things 3 Invite your child 4 Together, find 5 Invite your child 6 Together, use 7 Make a card for 8 Check out the
that are R E D in to think about things items in the house to draw letters and objects from around mom or grandma. Lilac Festival and talk
 that start with that rhyme! numbers on the the house to make about the different

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the house or outside. their sidewalk in chalk. different plants
 first initial. sounds. flowering.

9 10 Have your child 11 Invite your 12 Play “War” 13 Play follow the 14 Help your 4 15 Plan a play

 find three things child to find coins with a deck of cards child learn the 5date!
 leader! Let your child
 longer than their foot name of the street

 hidden in a to reinforce
 and three copy you; then copy they live on.
 that are container of number
 your child.
 shorter. rice or sand! comparisons.

16 Place an item 17 Play 18 Read a book 19 Cover a table 21 Discuss and 22 Go outside 23 Look through
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in a paper bag. “I Spy!” Look for together. Find with foil. Invite your 1at night and look

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 0practice ways to 2the junk mail for the
Have your child squares , circles matching uppercase child to write in at the stars.
ask yes/no
 and lowercase letters. shaving cream! save energy at
 5.
 
 number
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 , rectangles
 Aa
questions to guess home.
what’s in the bag. and triangles .
 5

24 Play 24 Can your 25 Have your child 26Have your child 27
 Go outside and 28 Teach and sing 29 Scavenger

 child tell you help with laundry make letters with play catch. the alphabet song Hunt! Hide some
 Have their full by putting clothes in Playdoh. with your child.
 Memorial items and make clue
 your

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 name? washer,
 child draw Day cards to help your
 naming
 child find them.
 a flag.
 30 31 each one.

 June Countdown to Kindergarten
 Activities Calendar 2021

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 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

 1 Fill a bowl with 2 Give your child 3 Have your child 4 Gather flowers 5 Take pictures!

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 water. Invite your a magazine and a practice writing on a nature walk and Have your child make
 child to drop items in pencil. Look for uppercase press them between up a caption for each
 to see if these letters: two books. one.
 letters.
 K, B, R and Z.
 they sink
 or float

6 How many 7 Read a story 8 Who can 9 Have your child 10 As you drive, 11 Have your child 12 As you drive,

jumping jacks can before going to bed. stand on help your write a draw a picture of ask your child
 ask your child to
you do? Make up a new one foot the grocery list. Go to count how
 ending. longest? shopping look for “3”’s in your home. many flags
 together. they see?
 license plates.

13 Trace letters 15 FLAG DAY 16 How many 17 Have your 18 Read a story. 19 Play a 20 Have your child

into your child’s palm. BLUE things child make a card Invite your child to draw portraits of
Have them for Dad or retell it in their own board game each family member.
 can your child find
guess the Grandpa. words. together!
letters. outside? Have him/
 her draw them.

20 21 Put 5-10 items 22 Walk outside 23 Turn off the 24 Have your 25 Plant some 26 Invite your

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 in bare feet on

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 in a Ziploc bag. Ask lights and read child draw a rainbow. seeds together! child to blow
 your child to guess different surfaces:
 Name a fruit for each Count the seeds and some bubbles!

 how many there are. grass, puddles, together by watch how much

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 sand, decking. color.
 Then count them flashlight. the plants
 How do they feel: hot,

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 together. cold, smooth, rough? grow daily.

27 Bake cookies 28 Invite your 29 Have your child 30 Invite your child

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together! Count child to cut out things tear the junk mail to sort coins by their
 that he/she likes to size.
them when they into
 eat out of
are done. strips.
 grocery ads.

 July Countdown to Kindergarten
 Activities Calendar 2021

 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

 1 Make a pattern with 2 Play with a 3 Have your child

 garage sale stickers balloon by tapping it sort the silverware
 or colored pom poms. and trying to by size
 Have your child tell you keep it up and
 what comes next. in the air. shape.
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4 5 Make a 6 Practice counting 7 Invite your child 8 Move like 9 With your child, 10 Make a set
 
 Venn diagram aloud to 20 while to draw shapes: different animals: think of words of cards 1-10.
 
 with your driving in the car. square , circle , bear , snake , that rhyme Shuffle them and ask
 names. with bat.
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 your child to put the

 rectangle duck , horse ,
 and triangle . bunny . numbers in order.”

11 Think of words 12 Visit the 13 Invite your 14 Sing 15 Clap the 16 Try different 17 Invite

that begin with these library! Find child to draw his/her “Itsy Bitsy Spider” syllables in a farm ways of walking: Your child to look
 a book on favorite with your animal name. giant steps, baby for things that are

letter sounds:

 J, S, W
 farm
 animals.
 farm
 animal.
 child.
 Horse

 pig-let
 , steps, tip-toeing,
 backwards,
 YELLOW while
 driving in the car.
 on heels.

18 Do a 19 Invite your 20 Go outside 21 Write your 22 Play with 23 24 Show your

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 Label objects
 child to cut out and roll child’s name with a Playdoh! Make letters in your child’s room. child how to

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puzzle.

 with it or make their
 shapes! like a log highlighter and have Have your child read
 cut it with bed.
 and do a them trace it. scissors! the words.
 somersault!

25 Put number 26 Ask your 27 Read aloud 28 Does your child 29 Plan a 30 Cut out a large 31Give your child

cards on the wall. child questions that
Have your child use a begin with who,
 to your child. Move
 your finger under the
 know how to blow
 their nose?
 play date! “
 M ” and have your
 child draw pictures
 specific one-step
 and then two-step

flashlight to point to directions and
 what, when words as you If not, of things that start
them in the show them. encourage him/her to
correct order. and where. say them. with “M.” follow through.

 August Countdown to Kindergarten
 Activities Calendar 2021

 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 Take a walk and 2 Have your child 3 4 Have your child 5 Pick up various 6 Read a book 7 Have your child

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 Have your

point to sights along solve a riddle: “I am child take out the tell how they and a objects. Which one about your child’s practice writing their
the way. Ask your child thinking of something garbage. good friend are weighs favorite insect and name in shaving
to tell you what sound that rhymes with red. alike and more? look for it cream.
it begins with. You sleep on it.” different. in your yard.

8 Go outside 9 Visit the 10 Read a story 11 Have your child 12 Make a grocery 13 Visit your 14 Play a

and play library! to your child and cut out the letters of list with your child. child’s school board game!
hopscotch! discuss whether or the alphabet from the Allow them to try to
 and play on the
 not the story could newspaper and put find the items in the
 really happen. them in order. store. playground.

15 Ask your child 16 Practice 17 Play with 18 Have 19 Sing the 20 Practice how 21 Plan a play

what street counting aloud to Playdoh! your child alphabet song! to put on date!
you live on. 20 while driving. wheelbarrow a coat

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 walk. and zip it.

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22 With your child 23 Look in the 24 Read a story to 25 Go outside 26 Have your child 27 Have your 28 Have your child

think of words that grocery ads for the your child and have and play clean up child tell a story help you turn your
rhyme them retell it in their catch! their by drawing socks
with PIG. number “6” and own words. room. pictures. right side
 circle. out.

29 Go outside at 30 Have your child 31 Say part of the

night and count how think of words that alphabet, stopping in This month you will attend
many fireflies begin with these letter the middle. When you
 School Bus Orientation
you can see. sounds: P, B, T. stop, have your child
 say the next letter. and Kindergarten Orientation!

Register for kindergarten online at
 gateschili.org/Kindergarten

 3273 Lyell Ave 175 Coldwater Road
 247-3190 247-3151

1000 Chili Center Coldwater Road 571 Paul Road
 247-1880 247-2144