What Is New Year's Day? Poster

Read it aloud on the first day back in January, then ask children to recall one fact from each section.

One fact poster with five sections. It explains that New Year's Day is January 1 (a Friday in 2027) and a US holiday, that Julius Caesar's calendar started the year on January 1 and January is named after Janus, and that a lighted ball has dropped in Times Square at midnight since 1907. It also covers resolutions going back about 4,000 years to ancient Babylon, and that Kiribati is among the first places to reach the new year and American Samoa among the last.

Yes. We made it for 1st Grade to 5th Grade holiday activities, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

1 printable resource, free to preview. There are 45 New Year's Day resources in all, from Preschool to 5th Grade, gathered on our New Year's Day activities page. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 1st Grade to 5th Grade students, roughly ages 6-11. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Nothing here assumes a classroom of 25, so they work the same one-to-one at the kitchen table as they do in a 1st Grade to 5th Grade classroom, a learning center, or a tutoring session.