Reading calendar
Find a reading idea
for every season.
Explore special days, seasonal themes, and stories from history. Find reading passages and daily reading activities for your classroom or home.
Where would you like to start?
Choose a month to explore special dates and reading ideas.
Finding reading ideas for this date…
Same topic.
The right reading level.
Open a passage and use Remix to adapt the reading level for your learners.
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A reading calendar for daily classroom inspiration
PicoBuddy’s reading calendar connects special days, seasonal themes, and moments from history with reading passages for kids. Choose a month to plan ahead, or open a date to see why it matters and which texts fit. Use the calendar as a starting point for daily reading activities in your classroom or at home.
Plan seasonal and holiday reading
Build a lesson around a holiday, a family tradition, or a change in the seasons. Each prepared day brings together selected passages and, where relevant, reading collections and themes. A seasonal topic can span several days or weeks, so you can return to it with a different text or reading goal. Explore our learning themes when you want to follow a topic further.
Explore today in history through reading
A historical anniversary can introduce a person, discovery, or event worth discussing. When a day includes a history connection, its reading is matched to that subject. Ask learners to identify a cause and effect, explain a new word in context, or support an answer with a detail from the text. Use the date to spark curiosity, then let the reading guide the conversation.
Make a reading idea work for your learners
Choose a short passage for shared reading, compare a story with an informational text, or read together at home and discuss one question. Review the text and its reading level before your lesson. If the topic fits but the level needs adjusting, use Remix to adapt the reading level, then review the new version before sharing it.
