Give Families Actionable Resources to Support Literacy

Let your monthly calendar be a gentle reminder for families to sing, talk, dance, and read with their children every day.

Tell stories
Explore nature
Memorize and recite rhymes
Talk about “kindergarten kindness”
Develop social emotional and self-help skills

Our work in establishing and supporting meaningful family learning traditions is some of the most important work kindergarten teachers do.

We do NOT believe in giving families meaningless worksheets to do at home.
We DO believe in sharing actionable resources families can use to build skills and joyful memories.

Our 12-month Editable Kindergarten Family Learning Calendar will always be 50% off—with FREE yearly updates!

Download Free April, May, and June Calendars with Parent Letters and Reading Logs- see if this is right for you!

What do meaningful family literacy traditions look like?

Family Learning Calendar - Kindergarten Classroom - Nellie Edge

Photo compliments of Marion-Polk Early Learning Hub

“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” ― Emilie Buchwald

Motivated kindergartners love practicing writing-to-read "heart word" at home!
(Photos used with permission from parents and teachers)

Honor family life with authentic and meaningful learning activities!

Build the nightly reading-at-home tradition
Include actionable ways for families to reinforce foundational literacy and math skills
Emphasize rich oral language traditions: singing, rhyming, and storytelling
Include a focus on social-emotional and self-help skills: from kindergarten kindness to shoe-tying
Encourages voracious vocabulary building: Ornithologists study birds!
Offers differentiated learning both in depth of learning and time required for activity
Promote great family conversations

Our Enhanced 2023-24 Editable Kindergarten Homework Calendar

The Calendar features new activities and includes:

FREE yearly updates
12 editable parent letters!
Reading Logs

Do not purchase if you already have Nellie Edge Online Seminars (NEOS) #1, #2, and #3. The calendar is included in your resources.

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What teachers say about this family-friendly calendar

Each year I have families who request homework for their "littles".... There are so many activities that families can do together in place of paper/pencil homework. These pages allow me to send homework but in a manner that will work with families....and they are editable! –Rachelle M.

Great—I like that I can easily edit to add Canadian holidays and spelling. –Melissa T.

I have been using these monthly homework calendars in my classroom for the past three school years. This new update is getting me ready for year four. It's such a fantastic way to enhance what it being learned in the classroom and create open lines of communication between school and home. Thanks for making quality products for busy teachers and busy kindergarten families! –Heather C.

What a great way to share simple things families can do at home together! This takes care of all the homework issues I get every year - some families want it, some don't. Now they can choose and understand what we do in Kindergarten! Thank you!! –Patti R.

Fun ideas that really get families talking and reading and exploring and singing! –Cindy U.

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