2023 Calendars

This article was first posted on 31 Dec 2021.

I love Calendars! At the beginning of every term, I used to love filling in the new calendar. It felt like Christmas to see all those days line up like presents in front of me. Somehow, they predicted my imminent future with secret promises for every day.

Every so often I would start the lesson by telling my students of this special day and letting them listen to parts of Garrison Keillor’s program Writer’s Almanac (See below: Radio – Garrison Keillor). WebEnglish Calendar gives you ideas and lesson materials for many holidays, but to cover every day of the whole year, here is a list of other calendars to brighten up the beginning of your class.

Lesson Ideas with Daily Calendars

Lesson Starter: read / listen and discuss what happened on that day/week in history.
Reading / Listening: Let students write/tell in their own words what they caught up in the text/audio.
Student Project: Let students choose a date, either in the near future (eg. a month) or their birthday that they explore in the various calendars, choose what they like, and tell their classmates about it, preferably on the actual day.
Sub Plan: Let the substitute teacher have students explore the day at hand, choose what they like, and make presentations for you to see when you are back. It could be called “The Day My Teacher Was Out”.

105 Unique Holidays for Kids – Fun & Wacky Ideas for ALL Year!https://thesoccermomblog.com/unique-holidays/

Looking for boredom busters? Grab this list of over 100 unique holidays and find something fun to celebrate as a family! Wacky & weird holidays every month!

Calendar – ESL Libraryhttps://esllibrary.com/calendarA monthly calendar with suggested lesson plans from esllibrary.com

Days Of The Yearhttps://www.daysoftheyear.com/The ultimate guide to worldwide events, festivals, funny, weird, and wonderful holidays.

Fun Holidays – Fun, Wacky & Trivial Holidayshttps://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/A list and links to several holidays from around the world for every day of the year

On This Day in History, 1 januarihttps://www.timeanddate.com/on-this-day/What Happened On This Day – Births – Deaths

Radio – Garrison Keillor | Garrison Keillorhttp://www.garrisonkeillor.com/radio/The old Writer’s Almanac is now on Garrison Keillor’s own website. He tells about each day’s history (yr 9)

Starfall: Let’s Make a Calendarhttps://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=272350146A fun calendar for Young Learners. Create your own with your students every month.

The Teacher’s Corner – Calendarshttps://www.theteacherscorner.net/calendars/Stay up-to-date on the current events! In the calendars below, you can find: Birthdays of authors, famous people… National Holidays… Monthly celebrations…