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.

Celebrating Epiphany

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.

What are your favorite themes in January?