Warm up your brain! Today s Fun Fact! December 1 st is Rosa Parks Day. Do you know why we celebrate Rosa Parks?

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1 Today is: December 1st What are you looking forward to in December? Touch your toes and hold for 10 seconds. Do 10 jumping jacks. Make a list of adjectives that describe December. December 1 st is Rosa Parks Day. Do you know why we celebrate Rosa Parks?

2 Today is: December 2nd Tell a friend about your favorite food. Sit down and reach your legs out. Reach and touch your toes for 10 seconds. Run in place for 20 seconds. Make a list of verbs that are actions you can do in December. December is one of 7 months that has 31 days. Do you know what the other months are?

3 Today is: December 3rd Talk about a book you think your friend should read. Stand with your legs apart. Reach down and touch one foot then hold for 10 seconds. Repeat on the other side. Do 10 lunges. Pick a just right math warm up. Count by 2s, 3s, 4s or 5s to 100 or higher. December 3 rd is Make a Gift Day. Who could you make a gift for? What would you make?

4 Today is: December 4th Ask a friend what they did last weekend. Choose your own! Do a stretch and a quick exercise. Make up a math problem for a friend to solve. Solve your friend s problem. December 4 th is World Wildlife Conservation Day. What endangered animal would you like to help?

5 Today is: December 5th Tell a friend about your breakfast. Reach and touch your toes. Hold for 10 seconds. Run in place for 30 seconds. Write a note to someone who has helped you recently. Thank them for what they have done. December 5 th is Walt Disney s birthday. He was born in 1901.

6 Today is: December 6th Tell a friend about your favorite season. Touch your toes and hold for 10 seconds. Do 10 jumping jacks. Make a list of nouns that remind you of December. On December 6 th, 1865 slavery was officially ended in the United States.

7 Today is: December 7th Ask a neighbor about something that makes them happy. Reach your arms up high and hold for 10 seconds. Do 10 sit ups. Make up a math problem for a friend to solve. Solve your friend s problem. December 7 th is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. What do you know about Pearl Harbor?

8 Today is: December 8th What is something you enjoy to do during the month of December? Touch your toes and hold for 10 seconds. Do 10 jumping jacks. Make a list of 5 proper nouns and 5 common nouns. Today is Be a Time Traveler Day. What time period would you travel to if you could?

9 Today is: December 9th Tell a friend about your favorite kind of cookie. Sit down and reach your legs out. Reach and touch your toes for 10 seconds. Run in place for 20 seconds. Pick a page from a book you are reading. Practice your fluency by reading it over and over. A Charlie Brown Christmas was first shown in 1965.

10 Today is: December 10th Would you rather play inside or outside at recess today? Choose your own! Do a stretch and a quick exercise. Make up a math problem for a friend to solve. Solve your friend s problem. December is BINGO month. Do you like to play BINGO?

11 Today is: December 11th What is your favorite game to play? Stand with your legs apart. Reach down and touch one foot then hold for 10 seconds. Repeat on the other side. Do 10 lunges. Draw and label a picture of a tree that is green in the winter. December 11, 1972 is the last time humans landed on the moon.

12 Today is: December 12th Give a friend a compliment. Touch your toes and hold for 10 seconds. Do 10 jumping jacks. Draw and label a picture of a tree, animal or other object. December 12 th is Gingerbread House Day.

13 Today is: December 13th What is your favorite type of weather? Reach your arms up high and hold for 10 seconds. Do 10 sit ups. Make up a math problem for a friend to solve. Solve your friend s problem. December 13 th is Official Lost & Found Day. Have you lost something you hope you find today?

14 Today is: December 14th Tell about your favorite animal. Touch your toes and hold for 10 seconds. Do 10 jumping jacks. Make a list of words to describe today s weather. December 14 th is International Monkey Day.

15 Today is: December 15th Tell a friend about what you would like to learn about in science next. Sit down and reach your legs out. Reach and touch your toes for 10 seconds. Run in place for 20 seconds. Can you unscramble this word? e i r t n w December 15 th is National Cupcake Day.

16 Today is: December 16th Make a plan with a friend to do something kind for someone else today. Choose your own! Do a stretch and a quick exercise. Make up a math problem for a friend to solve. Solve your friend s problem. December 16 th is National Chocolate Covered Anything Day.

17 Today is: December 17th What is something new you have learned in our class? Drop your head to the side. Roll your head back and forth slowly to stretch. Do 10 inside outside, outside inside jumping jacks. Pick a page from a book you are reading. Practice your fluency by reading it over and over. The Wright Brother s first flight was on December 17 th, 1903.

18 Today is: December 18th Tell a friend about something you are looking forward to over winter break. Stand with your legs apart. Reach down and touch one foot then hold for 10 seconds. Repeat on the other side. Do 10 lunges. Make a list of ways you can make the number 18. New Jersey became the third state in 1787.

19 Today is: December 19th Do you like to write? Tell a friend how you feel about writing. Reach your arms up high and hold for 10 seconds. Do 10 sit ups. Make up a math problem for a friend to solve. Solve your friend s problem. Eve Bunting was born on December 19 th, 1928.

20 Today is: December 20th Do you have a favorite movie or TV show you watch in December? Tell a friend about it. Touch your toes and hold for 10 seconds. Do 10 jumping jacks. Write a sentence that shares how you feel today. December 20 th is Go Caroling Day.

21 Today is: December 21st Talk about how animals around you stay warm in the winter. Sit down and reach your legs out. Reach and touch your toes for 10 seconds. Run in place for 30 seconds. How many vegetables can you think of? Make a list. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was first shown in It was Walt Disney s first animated movie.

22 Today is: December 22nd Tell a friend what you will be having for lunch today. Choose your own! Do a stretch and a quick exercise. Make up a math problem for a friend to solve. Solve your friend s problem. On December 22 nd, 1882 the first electric lights were displayed on a Christmas tree by Edward H. Johnson.

23 Today is: December 23rd Ask a friend or adult how you can help them today. Stand with your legs apart. Reach down and touch one foot then hold for 10 seconds. Repeat on the other side. Do 10 lunges. Pick a page from a book you are reading. Practice your fluency by reading it over and over. The book The Night Before Christmas was first published in 1823.

24 Today is: December 24th Tell a friend about a wish you have. Touch your toes and hold for 10 seconds. Do 10 jumping jacks. Write a sentence about something or you are thankful for. December 24 th is Christmas Eve.

25 Today is: December 25th What is your favorite holiday memory? Reach your arms up high and hold for 10 seconds. Do 10 sit ups. Make up a math problem for a friend to solve. Solve your friend s problem. December 25 th is Christmas Day.

26 Today is: December 26th Say something nice to another person. Drop your head to the side. Roll your head back and forth slowly to stretch. Do 10 inside outside, outside inside jumping jacks. How many ways can you make the number 20? Kwanzaa was first celebrated in 1966 in California.

27 Today is: December 27th Would you rather eat a candy cane or a gingerbread cookie? Sit down and reach your legs out. Reach and touch your toes for 10 seconds. Run in place for 20 seconds. Make up a math problem for a friend to solve. Solve your friend s problem. December 27 th is Visit the Zoo Day.

28 Today is: December 28th Tell a friend about a movie you think they should watch. Choose your own! Do a stretch and a quick exercise. Pick a page from a book you are reading. Practice your fluency by reading it over and over. Iowa became the 18 th state in 1846.

29 Today is: December 29th What is your favorite part of winter break? Touch your toes and hold for 10 seconds. Do 10 jumping jacks. Make a list of adjectives that describe December. Texas became the 28 th state in 1845.

30 Today is: December 30th Tell a friend about your favorite memory from this year. Reach your arms up high and hold for 10 seconds. Do 10 sit ups. Make up a math problem for a friend to solve. Solve your friend s problem. December 30 th is Bacon Day.

31 Today is: December 31st Tell a friend about your favorite December memory. Sit down and reach your legs out. Reach and touch your toes for 10 seconds. Run in place for 20 seconds. Make a list of verbs that are actions you can do in December. December 31 st is Universal Hour of Peace Day.