How Many Days in Each Month? Knuckle Trick Chart
How Many Days in Each Month? Knuckle Trick Chart: a free printable 1st grade calendar worksheet with an answer key on page 2. Make two fists. Each knuckle is a month with 31 days and each dip is a shorter month. Write how many days each month has.
- Size
- US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), fits A4
- 2 pages: the worksheet and its answer key
- Level
- Grade 1
- License
- Free for personal & classroom use
About this worksheet
How Many Days in Each Month? Knuckle Trick Chart: a free printable 1st grade calendar worksheet with an answer key on page 2. Make two fists. Each knuckle is a month with 31 days and each dip is a shorter month. Write how many days each month has. It matches first grade goals, roughly ages 6 to 7.
On this sheet
Write how many days each month has ___. Jan Mar May Jul Aug Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun Sep Nov (skip) On a knuckle: 31 days In a dip: 30 days (February: 28) Every 4 years February has 29 days. That year is called a leap year.
Tips for using it
- Hang a real calendar at child height and cross off each day before starting a calendar page.
- Read dates out loud the US way, month first: 'October fourth', then write it as 10/4.
- To count forward on a calendar, move one row down for each week instead of counting every square.
Printing tips
Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. The PNG shows page 1 only. Free for personal, family and classroom use.