Printable Reading a Calendar Worksheets

Printable reading a calendar worksheets for kindergarten and 1st grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 4 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as visual guides, fill in the blank, word problems, and matching.

Targeted Practice by Skill

About Reading a Calendar

What this skill is

Reading a calendar teaches children to locate days of the week, months of the year, dates, and track upcoming events or elapsed days on a monthly calendar grid.

When children learn it

Calendar reading is taught in kindergarten through 2nd grade, aligned to 1.MD.C.4.

Teaching Tips

  • Track daily dates on a wall calendar during morning routine.
  • Find specific birthdays and holidays on monthly calendar pages.

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing days of the week row headers with calendar dates.
  • Miscounting weeks across month grid boundaries.