January Calendar Worksheet (Free Printable) for Kids

If you need a simple, no-prep way to practice calendar skills in January, this January calendar worksheet is a perfect fit. This free printable includes an undated monthly calendar plus calendar questions to help kids practice days of the week, months, counting by 7s, and basic time concepts. It’s ideal for 1st–3rd grade (especially 2nd–3rd), and because the calendar isn’t dated, you can use it year after year—just print and go!

Back in 2011 – thirteen years ago as of this writing! – I created several monthly calendar worksheets. My oldest at the time was learning how to read the calendar and manage more time-oriented tasks. My son stumbled upon a calendar worksheet in an activity book and loved it.

As a result, I made many more calendar worksheets for him to practice, and this January Calendar Worksheet was one of those originals!

It was in need of updating, and you will find the newest version below. Please download again and enjoy!

This post was originally published in January 2011. It has been completely updated, so please download the newest version and enjoy again!

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January Calendar Worksheet

This series of monthly calendar worksheets focus on understanding the time relationship of days within the week and within the month.

Children are provided with a generic monthly calendar at the top of the worksheet, and then provided with questions pertaining to the calendar.

The calendars are intentionally not dated so you can use these worksheets year after year.

While they can certainly be used with any age or stage as you see appropriate, I created them for 2nd and 3rd graders.

The January worksheet includes an answer key for easy grading.

Ideas for Using the January Calendar Worksheet

January is a great time to talk about New Year’s Day and how calendars change from year to year. Before you start, take a minute to talk about the date of the new year and how it has changed from last year.

You can also talk about how many days and weeks are in a year. Those are good facts for children to memorize.

Browse through the following learning ideas and use the options that would best fit your homeschool or classroom situation.

Encourage your child to write out the full day of the week or month of the year to practice spelling and capitalization. It is certainly a great opportunity to talk about day and month abbreviations, so do not miss that chance!

Math Learning Ideas

For example, teach that the date of January 15, 2025, can be written at least two different ways:

• January 15, 2025
• 01-15-2025

Then take some time to practice!

Make sure to include that the usual abbreviation for January is Jan.

You could encourage looking for patterns with skip counting by 7s as you count from week to week.

Phonics Learning Ideas

Of course you can always incorporate a phonics lesson with the name of ‘January’ or any of the days of the week.

• Point out that ‘January’ has a short a sound in the first syllable. If it is appropriate, teach your child that short vowel sounds are in a closed syllable while long vowel sounds are in an open syllable. Brainstorm other words with the short a sound.
  For example: ran, bat, sad, had, wrap
• January ends with the ‘sometimes y’ vowel. Teach that each syllable must have a vowel, and in this case, the vowel is y. Other words that end with ‘sometimes y’: happy, sleepy, February (next month!), sky
• Determine which days of the week have short vowel sounds.
• Count the number of syllables in each day of the week.
• Mention the vowel team AY and point it out in each day of the week.

Look for every opportunity with your young ones to add to their frames of reference and reinforce skills that need extra attention.

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Lauren Hill

Lauren Hill is a Christian mom to 5, ages 20 to 8. She homeschools her children in the classical education tradition - with 2 graduates so far! - and is currently in her 16th year of homeschool. She creates engaging worksheets and hands-on printable activities for Preschool and Elementary age children to supplement their daily studies.

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