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Daily Calendar Notebook

I have wanted to create a daily calendar notebook for years.  I have seen them used in classrooms {back in my teaching days} and then last year my pal Mama Jenn posted her version here.  Recently I was inspired to take the dive and create a notebook for my 2 boys, Kindergarten and 4th grade!  Since I knew I was going to add a few more sheets, I decided to recreate all of the pages we would need specifically for my two boys ~ also knowing some of you may want them too!  Jenn has some pages I don’t have {money, tally marks, place value and more} so be sure to get other sheets from her if you are interested in them.  I personally have given up on counting our days in school since it drives me nuts to be off a day.

After the first day of the tutorial process, this has now become something the boys do together.  It is a great time of team work and patience building as they work together.  I am close by and help as needed, but try to stay away as much as possible so they can learn from each other. The lap desks they are using are less than $5 at Michaels!IMG_6536

For the cover each child just decorated a page with his name on it. You can see them set up below in front of our current wall calendar…IMG_6889

Each child has a mini supply box {boxes are from this awesome organizer}, here’s a peek into PacMan’s, which contains everything he needs to complete his notebook each day: crayons, pencils, dry erase click marker, Vis a Vis markers.  There’s also a community eraser that sits nearby.

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Here is a glimpse into the printables in each notebook, many are the same but I made a cursive version for PacMan and a print version for Krash.  Be sure to make it to the end of the post if you want to see a video of me walking you through the notebook!

 

These printables can be downloaded for free on my Calendar webpage, just scroll to the bottom to find the section!

Month Calendars ~ each day they just write the next number in. Just print a new sheet each month.

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Write the Number ~ extra handwriting practice and number word spelling practice.  Pac writes them, Krash spells them out loud and just traces the number.

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Day of the Week ~ each day they trace the current day and abbreviation.  They also circle yesterday/tomorrow.  They then sing the song together.  This page is in a sheet protector so we can erase it at the end of the week.  They use a Vis a Vis to prevent smudging throughout the week. The images below show Monday first, but the updated file has Sunday first to match the songs.  The boys quickly corrected my mistake!

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Month ~ They obviously only change this page when we have a new month.  But we sing the song daily.  Also in a sheet protector.

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Weather & Season ~ circle the season once, do the weather graph daily.

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We still use our _____ of the Day chart on our main calendar board, which is where they look to get the following items.  I change them out when necessary and if I forget, Pac does it for me!

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USA ~ we go through our states A-Z, still using our USA PowerPoint show and Erica’s USA printables.  We don’t do a new state daily {usually 1-2 per week}, but record our new state after we finish our simple research on the state.

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For our state work, we are using Road Trip USA-just the state coloring pages, and also this awesome My States Notebook.  The boys work together to complete the pages, we also review all states with our USA Geography PowerPoint show.

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Shapes ~ there’s also a shape cards page in the download in case you need a set to use to “choose” the shape of the day.

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Colors ~ colors page is included also in the download, to cut apart and “choose” a daily color.

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Pac has an extra sheet, Today’s Number.  On this sheet he takes the date and makes 6 math problems to equal that number. This sheet is in a sheet protector and he erases it daily.  He uses a thin dry erase click marker for this one.

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Krash has 2 extra sheets, one to add a word per day to our current word family, and one to record a word per day from our You Can Read unit.  Each day he reads all the words he has listed also.

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Daily Drawing ~ I printed tons of free how to draw pages from the sites I have pinned here.  Each day I give the boys a new laminated sheet to draw in their notebook.  I did this because I simply love their drawings and I am horrible with art.  It is a simple way to encourage drawing daily.  I also love that I will have an awesome keepsake collection of their drawings!Slide18


Additional Items not included as printables in my download…

 

Mini Calendar Connections Sheet

Calendar Connections Small Thanksgiving 2I added in a sheet-starting with the Thanksgiving set, with all cards on one page just so I can add it to their notebook.  You can find this page for this month and upcoming months within the small set of Calendar Connections cards.

 

Weekly Bible Verse

imageI included a cursive copy work page and a print trace work page for each child taken from our Bible verse of the week.  We are currently going through the Seeds Family Worship Printables that Valerie shares over at Totally Tots.  You can find all downloads for the sheets we use over there!

 

Sponsored Child{ren} Prayer Sheet…

I created a sheet that includes photos of our sponsored children and maps showing their location {all of our kids are in Rwanda, Africa}.  We actually have one more little girl who we are now sponsoring {I just couldn’t resist while at Relevant}, but I don’t have her online photo yet-I will update this sheet when I do. I just used their photos from the sponsorship website and then searched on Google for a map and flag shot.  I added in stars to show which city they live in, and then on the bottom right I added 2 stars to represent us and them.

Slide20This page is intended to be a visual reminder to pray for them and talk about them each day. Slipped in the back of the sheet protector that holds this sheet is our most recent letter/photo form each child.  Here they were looking at our “brother” Albert and catching up on what life is like for him.

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Obviously Ladybug is too young for a calendar notebook, but she certainly made it known to me that she felt left out.  Here she is, where she set herself up ~ right next to her brothers, working on her dry erase board.  Soon after this she asked me where her notebook was.IMG_6600So, I made her one.

Stay tuned…I will be sharing the printables I created for her-which have nothing to do with calendar time, but make her feel special since she now has her own notebook. IMG_6670

Updated, see Ladybug’s Tot Time Notebook here!


Finally, for those of you who prefer a walk through, here’s my cheesy video that I made just for you.  It is a few minutes and probably very boring unless you want to see their actual notebooks and how I have them set up.  I also show the differences between the 2 boys and what they complete each day.

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It was a Christmas filled with many emotions. Joy, It was a Christmas filled with many emotions. Joy, happiness, excitement, surprise, sadness, longing, and a bit of emptiness. 

We celebrated with my parents on the 24th, and that was a very joyous celebration. We enjoyed church, gifts, food, and mostly one another. 

On the 25th we celebrated with my husband’s family and sadly we are missing our beloved Nana who went to be with Jesus a few weeks ago. We all did our best to honor her love for fun last night. We played games, we laughed, we ate well, but it was all mixed with a longing sadness, wishing we had her with us. 

The next to last photo is it Kyler and my father in law, who lost his very best friend. We just love him so much and pray for his continued healing as he grieves this horrible loss and emptiness. 

The final photo is of Nana’s grandkids each holding their collage of photos of them and their Nana. This gift brought some tears, but we can tell will be treasured by each of them. She was one of a kind, and so special to all six of them.
Paxton won the gift award this year. Swipe to see Paxton won the gift award this year. Swipe to see what he bought his little sis! She was SO surprised! He loves giving gifts and having a job the enables him to do surprises like this is a gift to him. Sweet moments. ❤️
Not posed. Our foster kitten Jolly posed herself i Not posed. Our foster kitten Jolly posed herself in the perfect spot! See more of her and her sister Holly here: @crazy_foster_kitten_lady Merry Christmas Eve! 

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Tree decorating night! Goodness I love my kids. Tree decorating night! Goodness I love my kids.
I know many of you don’t know many of the people I know many of you don’t know many of the people in this photo, but I know many of you pray. The beautiful woman on the far left of the couch is my bonus-momma, my husband’s mom. She has stopped all treatment for her cancer and is going home to be with Jesus soon. We prayed for her to feel well enough to be with us at Thanksgiving, and though she felt pretty crappy, she was there. 

If you know her, you know what I mean when I say this is one of the kindest, most joyful, selfless people I have ever known. The world won’t be the same without her. We are devastated and hurting. We pray for her peace, her comfort, her pain, and for God to relieve her of the suffering. 

Last night was a huge mixture of pure joy and devastating sadness. We celebrated and hugged, and laughed, and we cried. It’s just so hard. Thanks for praying for our family. ❤️
We decided to decorate with a polar bear this year We decided to decorate with a polar bear this year. ❤️ 

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Webby and the lizard. Swipe for the video version Webby and the lizard. Swipe for  the video version. 🐱 🦎
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Mabel has turned out to be the most entertaining c Mabel has turned out to be the most entertaining cat we have ever had. She is sweet and sassy, mischievous and marvelous. Equal parts of each. She annoys all of our other animals just like a little sister should and keeps the humans on our toes too. She LOVES Lili, and is still BFF with Pebbles (Lili’s cat). So glad we decided to add this rambunctious ball of fluff to our crew!
Fun night celebrating my momma’s birthday and tr Fun night celebrating my momma’s birthday and trick or treating in her neighborhood with Lili and her friends! The gum ball machine costume made it back for another year!
My amazing bonus-momma, my husband’s momma, is f My amazing bonus-momma, my husband’s momma, is feeling good today so we met for lunch. She hasn’t had many good days lately so we take the moments when they come!

She has cancer and chemo is making her sick, it’s been a long hard road as any of you who have dealt with there horrible C word know. We don’t know what the future holds, so we cling to today! I loved sitting by her and laughing together. I am so blessed to have her as my mother in law! ❤️

Sadly since it was last minute, my boys couldn’t make it to lunch.
Every year they drive up to the mountains for the Every year they drive up to the mountains for the day and just spend time together. It’s their thing and I love it. Today they hiked, that’s Lili laying on the rock! She’s not much of a hiker but she loves the mountains, the leaves and her Daddy!
Goodness they are cute. Love them so much! 🧡🧡🧡
Totally thought I would hate it. It’s not that b Totally thought I would hate it. It’s not that bad. Reading it for chemistry this year, and I have to admit I am learning a LOT, and it is interesting! 

We are using @guesthollow Chemistry in the Kitchen, this is one of the many books we are reading and will read.

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Beautiful Fern on my beautiful new fall cat blanke Beautiful Fern on my beautiful new fall cat blanket. 🧡🧡🧡 

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Remember them? We don’t see much of my oldest no Remember them? We don’t see much of my oldest now since he’s been living on his own (renting a house with friends), but we love when we do! That’s his dog, Melody, who is temp. living with us due to not getting along with a roommates dog. She’s smiling in this pic because he came over to visit her and she ADORES him. 

Paxton is 20 and doing great, I know many of you have watched him grow up on my blog! He works for a robotics company that contracts with Amazon, so he runs the robotics portion of an Amazon warehouse (did I explain that kinda right @paxtoroni ?) he’s VERY into cars, and has been for years, this is his car account in case you’re into cars too: @paxgt 😬 I don’t love cars but I LOVE him.

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