Birthday Unit Study

Language Arts:

• Write and address Birthday invitations
• Write Thank you notes for Birthday presents
• Writing Prompts: Your favorite birthday, Your favorite birthday present, What did you do on your Birthday?
• Write a Birthday Haiku or Acrostic Poem
• Write a fictional story about a kid celebrating his/her Birthday.
  
• Spelling worksheets at Enchanted Learning
• Interview a relative about his/her memorable Birthday
• Sing Happy Birthday in Spanish
  
• Sing Happy Birthday in German
  
• Sing Happy Birthday in French
• Sing Happy Birthday in Italian

Library Read Alouds:

• The Secret Birthday Message by Eric Carle
• Happy Birthday Dear Duck by Eve Bunting
• Angelina's Birthday Surprise by Katharine Holabird
• Jenny's Birthday Book by Esther Averill
• Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by MacDonald, Canham, and Boiger
• A Birthday for Frances by Russell Hoban and Lillian Hoban
• Curious George and the Birthday Surprise by H.A. and Margret Rey and Martha Weston
• A Little House Birthday by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Doris Ettlinger
• Happy Birthday, Samantha (American Girls) by Tripp, Grace, Niles, and Andreasen
• Cam Jansen and the Birthday Mystery by David A. Adler and Susanna Natti
• Angelina Birthday by Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig
• More Birthday Related Books

Math:

• Give your child a Math Board Game as an early Birthday present.
• Find your age in days, hours, and minutes with the Birthday calculator.
  
• Make a bar graph showing the Birthday months of your family and relatives.
• Math worksheet - Guess my Birthday
• Do sorting, adding, subtracting, or multiplying activities using Birthday candles.
• Talk about fractions when baking the cake and angles when cutting the cake.
  

History and Geography:

• Watch a short video about a historical event that happened on your child's Birthday.
• Read a library book about a famous person who was born on your child's Birthday.
• Learn about Birthday traditions around the world
• Start your own Birthday tradition for your child
• Create a "Birthday Hall of Fame" poster to celebrate famous people born during the month of your child's Birthday

Science:

• Take on a fun science related outing for his/her Birthday - children's science museum, the zoo, aquarium, tidal pools, nature preserve, or farm.
  
• Have a Science Themed Birthday Party with experiments
  
• Help your child bake his/her own Birthday cake or cook his/her own Birthday dinner.
• Look up information on the Internet about your Birthday month Birthstone and Flower
  

Art:

• Let your child decorate his/her own Birthday cake using Cake Decorating Ideas at Family Fun.
• Take your child to a craft store and let him/her pick out a new art project like a - model car, latch hook rug, paint by number, or art kit.
• Make a Birthday pinata.
• Entertain party guests by making crafts.
  

PE:

• Do a fun physical activity for his/her Birthday - bowling, ice skating. swimming, hiking, skiing
• Play party games

Bible:

• Devotional - The Birthday Gift