Object: A calendar for each child. (You may be able to get a supply from your local bank or some other business.)

Lesson: To use the beginning of a new year as a time to think about planning ahead.

This coming Tuesday (or whatever day it is) something special is going to happen. Who can tell me what it is? ... (The start of a new year.) We know it is a new year because the calendar tells us so. The new year reminds us how important the calendar is to what we do. The calendar tells us when to celebrate our birthdays. It tells us …