When my kids were very small, we had monthly themes on our bulletin board, for our homeschool lessons, and to order our daily lives.
As the kids get older, the themes aren’t quite so vivid. I enjoy the liturgical calendar, the natural cycles of the world, and celebrating the flow and small events in our lives.
We loved these themed Calendar Connections.
We’ve packed away the holiday decorations except for the pretty candle holders and front door wreath.
I’m still sweeping up Christmas tree needles, and I’m sure I will still find some in June.
I feel like a refresh. I’m cleaning and organizing, minimizing and streamlining.
It’s been cold but sunny and that makes me happy.
We totally binge watched The Witcher and Lost in Space the last couple weeks. I ate too much, laid around too much, and neglected most of the regular cleaning. I was a slug.
January offers fun calendar themes to begin again or refresh while continuing what’s working well.
We love reading about Catholic saints and Celtic saints and sometimes do spiritual activities. And we also talk about how white saviors and missionaries weren’t the best for indigenous peoples.
Here’s a neat list of what’s on sale.
Fun January calendar theme days!
New Year
Discuss new beginnings, resolutions, goals, self improvement, growth mindset.
- New Year Memories Cards
- How We Celebrate NYE
- A Decade Later
- Achievable Goals
- No Resolutions
- Setting and Keeping Goals
- Resolutions
- Homeschool Goals
- Bible Studies for the New Year
- My Favorite Books I Read in 2019
- Creative Leftovers
- Organizing Recipes
The Asian New Year is on a lunar calendar. Sometimes, it’s in January and sometimes it’s in February.
Epiphany
Surely, you haven’t packed away the Nativity set yet?
Celebrate Twelfth Night, Epiphany, Three Kings, The Magi, The Wise Men – with stories, cake, and fun.
Saints
I love learning about the Saints’ lives.
- January Book Basket by Kennedy Adventures
- January by Catholic Playground
- January Feast Table by Elizabeth Clare
- January Links from Shower of Roses
Winter
- Winter Unit Study
- Winter Book List
- Winter Tot School
- Going Outside in Winter
- Winter Nature Hike
- Winter Nature Walk
- Winter Bird Study
- Frozen Bubbles
- Antarctica Unit Study
- Self-Care in Winter
Snow
- First Snow Ever
- Snow Much Fun!
- Sledding
- Ice Skating
- Measuring Snow
- Tot School Winter
- Painting Snow
- Snow Unit Study
- Snowy Preschool
Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Nonviolence Unit Study
- Love your Neighbor
- Celebrating Diversity
- Our Souls are the Same Color
- Black History Unit Study
History: Racial Injustice Calendar and The Zinn Education Project.
Fun Stuff: National Days
Something for each day of the month – from fun foods to celebrating squirrels to justice issues to historical landmarks.
Celebrate National Bubble Bath Day on the 8th!
We like to read poetry for Burns Night on the 25th.
It has been so long since mine were little and we had schedules on the fridge. I miss those years. I like your idea of themes. Guess I hadn’t thought if I have a favorite for January. Would be something white, I’m sure, since January seems anew, refresh, after tree and clutter of Christmas is gone. Have a great Tuesday and week.
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Jennifer, I just love all these theme options you’ve shared with us here! So many options to choose from … and maybe more than one!
So good to run into you at Mary’s …
Bless you.
Fab ideas to get inspired X #twinklytuesday
Love these themes, Jennifer! This is the second blog I’ve read today that mentions Epiphany <— something I was not familiar with.
Thanks for linking up at InstaEncouragements!
Winter, snow, and hibernation were always fun January themes for our house.
I think I need a theme that gets me going this month. I guess if I have one, it’s finishing up some projects that have lingered too long and simplifying.
I have been in Early Childhood Education for almost 30 years. Themes are wonderful ways to achieve focused learning. I think those things that work for children also work for adults.
So fun! My kiddos and I picked out different National Day of Fun to do this month and Bubble Bath day was one of them!
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So many creative ideas. Visiting from the faith on fire link up. laurensparks.net
This is a great idea, I need to be more focused and organized with my monthly posts as well.
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Hello January! great themes to get the year started off an a good foot!
This reminds me of the themes I used when I was teaching.Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJ’s.
Great choice of themes for the month ahead! Thanks for linking up #twinklytuesday
I love all of these! Thank you so much for sharing them with us at the Homestead Blog Hop!