Months Of The Year Preschool Learning Video

What's Months Of The Year About?

Your little one will sing their way through all 12 months while learning what makes each one special! After watching, they'll recite the months in order and describe seasonal changes like a tiny calendar expert.

2 minutes
Ages 3-6
Skill: Calendar awareness and sequential memory

Your kid watches friendly characters sing through all twelve months. You get 2 minutes to finish that cup of coffee.

Colorful scenes showcase each month with vivid seasonal imagery—snow falling in January, flowers blooming in May, leaves tumbling in October. The catchy melody repeats twice, giving little learners double the practice with this essential sequence.

What your child learns:

This video builds foundational time concepts that children need before kindergarten. They'll connect abstract calendar knowledge to real-world seasonal experiences they can see and feel.

• Names and order of all 12 months
• Seasonal associations (winter, spring, summer, fall)
• Weather patterns connected to specific months
• Sequential memory through musical repetition
• Vocabulary for describing weather and nature changes

They'll use these skills when:

• Talking about their birthday month or upcoming events
• Understanding when seasons change and what to expect
• Following along with classroom calendar time
• Planning for holidays and special occasions throughout the year

The Story (what keeps them watching)

This musical journey takes children on a year-long adventure without leaving their seat! Starting with January's sparkling snow, the song bounces through each month with vivid descriptions—spring rain in April, warm vacation days in July, falling leaves in October. The melody is intentionally repetitive (playing twice through), which isn't lazy—it's brilliant for memory building. Kids hear the sequence, then immediately reinforce it. By the end, they're singing along and picturing the whole year in their minds.

How We Teach It (the clever part)

• First 45 seconds: Introduces January through June with winter-to-summer progression, pairing each month with a memorable sensory image (sparkling snow, icy cold, flowers everywhere)
• Seconds 45-65: Completes the year with July through December, covering summer relaxation through autumn and early winter celebrations
• Final minute: Repeats the entire sequence, allowing children to actively participate and solidify their learning through musical repetition

Teaching trick: Each month gets paired with ONE vivid, sensory-rich description ("sparkling snow," "flowers everywhere," "leaves will fall"). This anchoring technique helps young brains attach abstract month names to concrete, imaginable experiences.

After Watching: Quick Wins to Reinforce Learning

• Mealtime activity: "What month is it right now? What's the weather like outside?" (Connects the song's descriptions to their current real-world experience)
• Car/travel activity: "Let's sing the months song together! Can you tell me what comes after March?" (Practices sequential recall in a fun, low-pressure way)
• Bedtime activity: "Your birthday is in [month]. Can you count how many months away that is?" (Applies month knowledge to something personally meaningful)
• Anytime activity: Point to a calendar and have them find today's month, then sing from January to that month. (Builds connection between the song and written calendar format)

When Kids Get Stuck. And How to Help.

• "My child can't remember the order past March." - Totally normal! The middle months (May-August) are trickiest. Practice just those four months as a mini-song, then connect them back to the whole sequence.
• "They mix up months with similar sounds." - January/June and March/May are common mix-ups. Emphasize the seasonal clues: "January has SNOW, but June is WARM." The weather anchors help distinguish them.
• "Is 2 minutes enough to actually learn this?" - The magic is in repetition over days, not marathon sessions. Watch it 3-4 times throughout the week, and you'll hear them singing it in the bathtub by Friday!

What Your Child Will Learn

Prerequisites and Building Blocks

Children benefit most from this video when they already understand basic seasonal concepts (hot/cold, weather changes) and can count to 12. This video builds on foundational vocabulary about weather and nature, connecting to videos about seasons, weather patterns, and counting sequences. It serves as a bridge between concrete seasonal observations and abstract calendar concepts, preparing children for more complex time-telling and scheduling skills.

Cognitive Development and Teaching Methodology

The musical repetition leverages procedural memory pathways, making sequential information easier to encode and retrieve. At ages 3-6, children learn best through multisensory experiences—this video combines auditory learning (melody and lyrics) with visual associations (seasonal imagery). The twice-repeated structure isn't redundant; it follows spaced repetition principles within a single viewing, dramatically improving retention rates.

Alignment with Educational Standards

This video addresses kindergarten readiness standards for understanding calendar concepts and sequential ordering. It aligns with early math standards requiring children to recognize patterns and sequences. Teachers expect incoming kindergarteners to know month names and their general order—this video builds that exact competency while connecting to science standards about seasonal changes and weather patterns.

Extended Learning Opportunities

Pair this video with printable month cards for hands-on sequencing practice. Create a simple weather journal where children draw daily conditions and label the month. The Kokotree app's seasons videos complement this learning beautifully. Extend beyond screen time by creating a birthday chart showing family members' months or marking special days on a wall calendar together.

Transcript Highlights

• "January, sparkling snow" - Pairs abstract month name with vivid sensory imagery
• "March begins the springtime" - Explicitly connects months to seasonal transitions
• "In September, autumn calls. In October, leaves will fall" - Demonstrates cause-and-effect seasonal progression
• "June is warm and very fair" - Uses descriptive weather vocabulary to anchor month identity

Character Development and Story Arc

While this video focuses on musical learning rather than character narrative, it models joyful engagement with educational content. The cheerful, repetitive structure demonstrates that learning can be fun and that repetition is a positive tool for mastery. Children watching absorb not just the content but the attitude—approaching calendar knowledge with curiosity and enthusiasm rather than rote memorization dread.

Understanding Time: How Young Children Develop Calendar Awareness

Calendar concepts represent one of the most abstract challenges in early childhood education. Unlike counting objects or identifying colors, months exist purely as human constructs—invisible divisions of time that children cannot touch, see, or directly experience. This makes teaching months fundamentally different from teaching concrete concepts.

Young children develop time awareness in stages. First, they understand "now" versus "not now." Then they grasp "today," "yesterday," and "tomorrow." Months represent a more sophisticated layer—recurring cycles that connect to observable phenomena (weather, nature changes) but require abstract sequential thinking to fully comprehend.

This video cleverly bridges concrete and abstract by anchoring each month to sensory experiences. "Sparkling snow" isn't just pretty language—it gives January a tangible identity. "Flowers everywhere" transforms May from an arbitrary word into a memorable image. These sensory anchors serve as cognitive hooks, allowing young brains to hang abstract month names on concrete experiential pegs.

The musical format activates different memory systems than spoken instruction. Procedural memory (how we remember songs, dances, and sequences) develops earlier and remains more robust than declarative memory in young children. By encoding months as a song, this video stores the information in a more accessible memory system.

Research consistently shows that children who understand calendar concepts demonstrate stronger planning abilities, better self-regulation, and smoother transitions to formal schooling. Knowing months isn't just about answering "what month is it?"—it's foundational infrastructure for understanding schedules, anticipating events, and developing patience for future rewards.