Learning how many days in a month

The moon takes about Therefore we chose about 30 days for each month. The 4 months of April, June, September and November all have 30 days. February is the only month that has 28 days. It has 29 days on a leap year every 4 years. Every year that is a multiple of 4 contains an extra day: February 29th.

A month is approximately 4 and a half weeks long. We can see this in the image below. At midnight on December 31st the year ends and a new year begins with January 1st. The animation below shows the months in order. We have a printable set of cards above, with the names of the 12 months on. When teaching the months of the year, it is important to be familiar with the names before considering the order in too much detail. Having the names printed out can allow you to move them around as you follow through the lesson and you can talk through the order of the months with your child.

Two copies of the months cards can be printed off and you can play snap with the cards to memorise the order of the months. However, to memorise the order of the months more quickly, it can be useful to test your child on small chunks of the year.

How exactly does it end? Although this poem has changed through time, its first lines continue to help us remember the idiosyncrasies of our calendar. Fun fact: rhymes or phrases that help you remember something are called mnemonics , named after the Greek goddess of memory, Mnemosyne. This mnemonic helps us keep our months and days straight. But, where did it come from? The rhyme has been attributed to many different sources, including Mother Goose, but a Welsh scholar may have uncovered its earliest source.

He claims that the poem actually dates back to at least A version of the poem was first published in In written form, this could appear as "the '00s" or "the s". But writing "the s" or simply saying "the two-thousands" can cause confusion, since this could refer to the entire 21st century or even the entire millennium. Some people tried to popularize "the Noughties " as the decade's name. This is a play on words, nought means "zero" and noughties sounds both like nineties and naughty.

You'll find some more interesting facts about days and dates in the Interesting Facts Blog. Note - When writing the date as numbers British and American English differ. This often causes great confusion. It's better to write the date in full 7th September or September 7th It also looks nicer.