November

Guilford County Kindergarten Readiness Calendar
The Transition to Kindergarten Calendar helps parents and providers get young children school ready with these fun and simple activities!

Calendar for November 2025
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Preschoolers learn through play, exploration, and developing new skills like writing and counting. Encourage their curiosity by exploring topics they enjoy, like insects, sports or animals, and finding related books. Share your own interests with them to show that learning is fun!						1 Visit your local library to check out fun books!
2 Pretend to hibernate like bears	3 Draw one thing you're thankful of	4 Learn "Thank-You" in other languages	5 Sing the Song "Pumpkin, Pumpkin" Lyrics: Pumpkin, pumpkin, on the ground, How'd you get so big and round? Once you were a seed so small, Now you're growing big and tall. Pumpkin, pumpkin, on the ground, How'd you get so big and round?	6 Taste different types of apples and chart favorites	7 Cut large leaves into pieces to reassemble as puzzles	8 Trace hands to make paper turkeys
9 Sing the Song "Five Little Acorns" Lyrics: Five little acorns sitting in a tree, Along came a squirrel as hungry as can be. The squirrel took one, and ran away, Now there are four acorns left to play. (Four, three, two, one!)	10 Practice pouring corn kernels into different containters	11 Build small leaf mounds to leap over	12 Make a tree out of paper and add leaves with things you're thankful for	13 Gather pinecones and count how many you find during a walk	14 Use a straw to blow feathers across a table	15 Dip pinecones in paint and roll onto paper
16 Use playdough to make vegetables	17 Sort different types of nuts (acorns, chestnuts, walnuts) by size or color	18 Sing the Song "The Leaves Are Falling Down" Lyrics: The leaves are falling down, The leaves are falling down, Red, yellow, orange, and brown The leaves are falling down,	19 Practicebuttoning and zipping winter jackets	20 Encourage children to tell a story using toys as characters	21 Pretend to serve food to stuffed animals	22 Pretend to be sleepy bears snoring
23 Trace mittens and decorate with patterns	24 Read under blankets with flashlights	25 Make simple thank-you cards to practice writing names, give them to friends and family	26 Take turns saying three kind words	27 Create scarecrow puppets using paper bags and old clothes	28 Choice School Application Deadline Choice School Application Opens 10/15/205 at 12 Noon Closes - 11/28/25 at 5 PM Access More Info Here	29 Write each letter of a name on turkey feathers
30 Write a list of what you would take to migrate for the winter

Tips for Parents:

Encourage your child to write with paper and crayons, praising their efforts, even if the marks don't look like letters just yet. Continue to use your home language for reading and writing at home and in your community. Learning two languages is great for a child’s brain development For More Information, visit readbondgrow.org

Book(s) to Read this Month:

"Thank You, Omu!" by Oge Mora

"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood."

— Fred Rogers, Early Childhood Advocate