{"id":2711,"date":"2014-09-05T10:19:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T17:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/?p=2711"},"modified":"2014-09-19T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T20:15:00","slug":"kids-learn-months-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/2014\/kids-learn-months-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids Boost Their Memory: Learn Months of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Matching Your Months<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2721 size-full\" style=\"border: 0px solid #000000;\" src=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MemoryGame-HeaderImage.png\" alt=\"Months of the Year Memory Game\" width=\"500\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MemoryGame-HeaderImage.png 500w, http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MemoryGame-HeaderImage-266x300.png 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Months of the Year Memory Game<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Playing a game is always a fun way to reinforce a skill or idea that your child is learning. The classic matching game is a good \u2018go to\u2019 game because it\u2019s easy to put together and requires very little in the way of supplies. If someone gets a match, ask what events come up in that month. When your little one gets September, you might talk about how school starts or how you like to pick apples in September. This is also an easy center activity for a classroom since the rules are straightforward and the cards can be stored in a baggie and reused.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Boost Your Brain Power<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 180px;\">* Months Matching Game Template<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 180px;\">*Months of the Year Song<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 180px;\">* Months of the Year Video<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>How to Play Months Matching Game<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Print out the Months of the Year game pieces on white card stock.<\/li>\n<li>Cut out the cards with the month name and month number. You will have 24 small cards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*** The link to the game\u00a0card template\u00a0is at the bottom of this post***<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2726\" src=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-Matching-Game.jpg\" alt=\"Game Pieces for Months of the Year Memory Game\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-Matching-Game.jpg 500w, http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-Matching-Game-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Mix up the cards. Place\u00a0the cards in rows, face down.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2727\" src=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2-Face-Down-Cards.jpg\" alt=\"Game Pieces for Months of the Year Memory Game\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2-Face-Down-Cards.jpg 500w, http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2-Face-Down-Cards-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Turn over any two cards.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2728\" src=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Turn-2-over.jpg\" alt=\"Game Pieces for Months of the Year Memory Game\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Turn-2-over.jpg 500w, http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Turn-2-over-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">If the two cards match (ex. November \/ 11), pick them up and keep them.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2729\" src=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/4-Got-a-Match.png\" alt=\"Game Pieces for Months of the Year Memory Game\" width=\"500\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/4-Got-a-Match.png 500w, http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/4-Got-a-Match-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If they don&#8217;t match (ex. May \/ 8), turn them back over.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2730\" src=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3-No-Match.jpg\" alt=\"If they don't match (ex. May \/ 8), turn them back over.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3-No-Match.jpg 500w, http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3-No-Match-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Remember what was on each card and where it was.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Watch and remember during the other player&#8217;s turn.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The game is over when all the cards have been matched.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The player with the most matches wins.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h1>Months of the Year Song<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[mp3-jplayer tracks=&#8221;Months of the Year (sample)@http:\/\/www.billygorilly.com\/activities-printables\/seasons\/3\/audio\/months-of-the-year-clip.mp3&#8243; captions=&#8221;by Billy Gorilly;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Buy Months of the Year song at\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Months-of-the-Year\/dp\/B001VL8NJ2\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 \u2022 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cdbaby.com\/cd\/billygorilly3\" target=\"_blank\">CdBaby<\/a>\u00a0 \u2022 \u00a0<a title=\"Buy Months of the Year song at iTunes\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/rockin-the-schoolhouse-vol.-1\/id307462911\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>** A variation of the game could be played using two sets of the cards with the month names. <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>This would be great for younger players as they can match letter for letter.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2731\" src=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Month-to-Month.png\" alt=\"Matching Months Memory Game\" width=\"500\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Month-to-Month.png 500w, http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Month-to-Month-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Here is an image of the printable game pieces. The file is in PDF format.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Click on image to download months template\" href=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Months-of-the-year-MatchingGameTemplate.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2732 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Memory-Game-for-Months-of-the-Year.png\" alt=\"Months of the Year Memory Game Pieces\" width=\"520\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Memory-Game-for-Months-of-the-Year.png 520w, http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Memory-Game-for-Months-of-the-Year-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Click to download Printable Template for Months Matching Game\" href=\"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Months-of-the-year-MatchingGameTemplate.pdf\">Download and Print<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1>Months of the Year Video<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zCz7CmIlewk?rel=0\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Post by:<br \/>\nStephanie Paton<br \/>\nWife, Mother, Educator<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Matching Your Months &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Months of the Year Memory Game &nbsp; Playing a game is always a fun way to reinforce a skill or idea that your child is learning. The classic matching game is a good \u2018go to\u2019 game because it\u2019s easy to put together and requires very [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[622,649,313,623],"tags":[731,634,235,435,411,99,573,718,126,645,647,648,732,632,399,163,644,646,369,642],"class_list":["post-2711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cartoon-video","category-months-matching-matching-game","category-printables-2","category-teaching-months-of-the-year","tag-billy-gorilly","tag-calendar-song","tag-ece","tag-edutainment","tag-esl","tag-first-grade","tag-homeschooling","tag-kids-music","tag-kindergarten","tag-learn-month-names-in-english","tag-matching-game","tag-memory-game","tag-months-of-the-year","tag-months-of-the-year-video","tag-parent-resource","tag-preschool","tag-second-grade","tag-songs-for-teaching","tag-teacher-resource","tag-toddler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2711"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2952,"href":"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711\/revisions\/2952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billygorilly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}