January calendar and morning meeting for kindergarten - digital file with songs

Winter is here, and kindergarten calendar and morning meeting time have never been easier! Students absolutely love the interactive slides, moveable pieces, embedded songs to sing along with, daily weather, jokes, morning meeting prompts, friendship ideas and calendar activities. I have done all the planning and prep work for you so you can now incorporate this interactive, digital calendar and morning meeting slides into your January routine.

Students are engaged and look forward to the winter themed activities each morning. Teachers love having everything in one spot to teach the standards.

This kit is more than just a calendar!

All activities are compatible with both Google Slides and PowerPoint.

The calendar and all activity slides can be used year after year.

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I truly love this calendar bundle. We use it every single day to start off our day. I love how interactive it is with many differentiated levels for all students. I also love the fun facts and jokes at the beginning."

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--- WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS DOWNLOAD? ---

The calendar and morning meeting activities are compatible with Google Slides™ and PowerPoint™.

JANUARY CALENDAR

This comes with moveable numbers, holidays and birthday calendar pieces. It can be used year after year!

CALENDAR BASICS with SONGS

All of these slides have a playable song students can sing along with: how to spell the month January, all the months of the year, days of the weeks, today is _____, yesterday was _____, tomorrow will be _____, daily weather, counting by fives and tens, how you feel today, songs for four coins (quarter, nickel, penny, dime) and learning one more/one less on a number line.

DAYS IN SCHOOL

Two slides teach how many days we have been at school. One uses drag and drop tens/ones blocks, 1 more/1 less, even/odd and one slides uses ten frames to see how many days we have been in school.

WEATHER

One slide has a draggable piece to circle the weather and type what the weather is like each day. The other weather slide has draggable pieces to make a monthly weather bar graph.

LITERACY

An editable sight word slide is included, plus a letter of the day to practice the name and sound of each letter (with draggable pictures.)

Also included this month is a slide to practice sounding out CVC words by segmenting first, middle and last sounds. Practice 1-2 words each day with this slide, and repeat as needed.

MATH

• We are learning about coins this month! Real life pictures are shown with adorable songs you can play. There is a slide/song to teach about each coin.
• Matching coins - students can drag and drop moveable coins to match the heads and tails.
• Type a value into the box and students can drag and drop the coins into the piggy bank.
• Skip counting by fives and skip counting by tens (both slides have a playable song).
• Discuss the attributes of 2D shapes and 3D solids. The shapes are all draggable.
• Students make and/or finish January themed patterns.
• Practice finding one more and one less using a number line while listening/singing two adorable songs.
• Add using a number line. The penguin can hop up the number line and then fill in the editable equation.
• Subtract using the number line. The snowman can hop down the number line and then fill in the editable equation.
• Sums of five mittens - drag and drop the colorful mittens and then fill out the coordinating equation to make five.
• How many more to make ten? This slide has a ten frame with moveable snowflakes and an editable equation.

LUNCH COUNT

Count how many students are having hot or cold lunch each day.

BIRTHDAYS

Write student names and their birthdays for the month on this one slide. This makes it so easy to keep track of all the birthdays each month.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING TODAY?

This slide has an adorable song to sing each day, and students can then share how they are feeling. This is a great check in each day and helps students put an emotion word to how they are feeling. You can write the number of students in each number box, and practice putting their names and emotions into the editable sentences (optional). For example: Hudson is feeling tired today.

MORNING MEETING

20 prompts are included (one for each school day in a month.)

I use real life pictures and questions each day.

The five themes are:

1. Would you rather...
2. A truth and a lie
3. Hypothetical question
4. What would you do
5. Thoughtful friend

Each day, show students one slide and have them think, pair share.

This will lead to great morning meeting discussions.

Editable slides are also included if you wish to add your own prompts and photos.

JOKES

Twenty adorable joke slides are included this month. Start each morning laughing with your students! Read the January themed joke to students and have them think/pair/share to what the answer could be. Move the button to reveal the answer and listen to all the giggles!

IMPORTANT NOTES

This file can be opened and used in PowerPoint™. It can be used to teach in the classroom using your front interactive whiteboard or smart board. It can also be used to teach online or even homeschool.

There is also a file included that is compatible with Google Slides™.

You'll love how easy this file is to use.

Finally... everything you need is in one place!

--- 12 MONTHLY CALENDARS ARE AVAILABLE ---

Purchase individually, or save with the bundle!

• SEPTEMBER CALENDAR
• OCTOBER CALENDAR
• NOVEMBER CALENDAR
• DECEMBER CALENDAR
• JANUARY CALENDAR this listing!
• FEBRUARY CALENDAR
• MARCH CALENDAR
• APRIL CALENDAR
• MAY CALENDAR
• JUNE CALENDAR
• JULY CALENDAR
• AUGUST CALENDAR

I also use calendar notebooks each day!

CLICK HERE TO SEE MY DAILY CALENDAR NOTEBOOKS