📅 A Fun Journey Through the Calendar for Young English Learners!
This A1-level ESL unit from SuperEnglishESL.com guides young learners through the twelve months of the year with exciting stories, seasonal vocabulary, holidays, grammar practice, and phonics. Whether you’re teaching online, in a classroom, or one-on-one, these five fully-illustrated, interactive lessons will keep your students engaged and excited to talk about time, seasons, and celebrations.
Teachers will appreciate the easy-to-use layout, built-in review activities, and seasonal real-life topics that help English Language Learners (ELLs) understand and use calendar-related vocabulary. Each lesson scaffolds understanding using reading, phonics, grammar practice, and interactive games—perfect for building student confidence!
Students begin learning about the first three months of the year. They explore winter activities, holidays like New Year’s Day and Valentine’s Day, and the beginning of spring.
Lesson Features:
✅ Warm-up: Memory game with seasonal objects (e.g., sandcastle, swimsuit)
📖 Reading: “Fun Trips” – kids visit places during winter and spring
✨ Vocabulary Focus: January, February, March, snow, holiday, spring
📚 Grammar & Sentence Structures: Simple past tense (went), “What did you do yesterday?”
🔤 Phonics: Compound and two-syllable words (sunset, pigpen, muffin)
🎲 Interactive Elements: Calendar quizzes, rhymes, picture games
🌍 Real-Life Applications: Talking about seasons and winter holidays
Learners discover April, May, and June. They discuss spring weather, flowers, and early summer holidays like Mother’s Day and Children’s Day.
Lesson Features:
✅ Warm-up: Month-ordering game and picture discussions
📖 Reading: “The First Six Months” – month-by-month weather and holidays
✨ Vocabulary Focus: April, May, June, spring, rain, flowers, beach
📚 Grammar & Sentence Structures: “What did you eat yesterday?” with past verbs
🔤 Phonics: Rhyming and compound words (picnic, catnip, zigzag)
🎲 Interactive Elements: Dialogues, matching holidays with months
🌍 Real-Life Applications: Describing favorite months and holiday activities
In this lesson, students learn about mid-to-late summer fun and the return to school. They explore activities like beach trips and celebrations like Friendship Day.
Lesson Features:
✅ Warm-up: Word chain and month-order games
📖 Reading: “Our Summer Holiday” – stories about what children do in July, August, and September
✨ Vocabulary Focus: July, August, September, beach, school, holiday
📚 Grammar & Sentence Structures: Simple past tense (ate, went) in storytelling
🔤 Phonics: Rhymes and two-syllable fun words (muffin, cupcake)
🎲 Interactive Elements: Dialogues, calendar activities
🌍 Real-Life Applications: Describing summer vacations and planning school routines
Students dive into the excitement of fall and winter, discussing Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, along with seasonal weather changes.
Lesson Features:
✅ Warm-up: “Spot the Difference” and visual season comparison
📖 Reading: “The Four Seasons” – overview of seasonal weather and holidays
✨ Vocabulary Focus: October, November, December, candy, leaves, snow
📚 Grammar & Sentence Structures: Past tense Q&A and holiday discussion
🔤 Phonics: Compound words (lunchbox, mailbox, snowball)
🎲 Interactive Elements: Holiday storytelling, Pictionary
🌍 Real-Life Applications: Talking about seasonal traditions and weather
This final lesson serves as a fun and comprehensive review of all 12 months. Students complete matching, spelling, reading, and grammar tasks to show their understanding.
Assessment Features:
✅ Warm-up: Rhyming games and before/after month review
📝 Assessment Tasks:
Spelling months
Identifying holidays by month
Grammar fill-ins for past tense and calendar terms
Reading comprehension based on “The Months of the Year” poem
🔤 Phonics Review: Compound and descriptive words
🎲 Interactive Elements: Word chains, calendar games, Boggle
🌍 Real-Life Applications: Applying time-based vocabulary in conversations
✅ Young ELL & ESL learners at A1 (Beginner) level
✅ Ideal for ages 6–10 in online 1:1 lessons, small groups, or classrooms
✅ ESL teachers looking for an engaging way to teach time, months, and holidays
✅ Parents and homeschoolers seeking structured seasonal language learning
Printable lesson previews & ESL worksheets
Holiday & season-themed games
Grammar and phonics exercises
Reading passages and comprehension tasks
ESL months of the year lesson for kids
Beginner English months worksheets
Teaching seasons and holidays ESL
ELL calendar vocabulary activities
Fun ESL lesson plans for months and seasons
Bring in real calendars or print monthly visuals to support month recognition.
Encourage students to share what they do each month at home.
Use the holidays as springboards for crafting, games, and speaking activities.
With this creative, seasonal, and structured unit, young ESL learners will confidently talk about time, holidays, and their favorite months—making language learning personal, practical, and joyful.