Calendar Detective: Birthdays
by Learning at Home and School © 2026
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Price: $2.5 USD
Subjects: ot,activitiesOfDailyLiving,executiveFunctions
Grades: 0
Description
Practice real-world calendar skills while becoming a birthday detective! In this interactive Boom Deck, students view a monthly calendar with birthdays marked for 6 different people. Students answer questions by locating each person’s birthday, identifying the calendar date, and determining which day of the week the birthday falls on. This deck builds functional calendar awareness while strengthening visual scanning, attention to detail, and date interpretation. Students practice finding information, understanding calendar layout, and connecting dates to weekdays in a meaningful, everyday context. Skills targeted: • Calendar reading • Identifying dates and weekdays • Visual scanning and tracking • Attention to detail • Executive functioning • Answering WH questions • Functional reading comprehension • Temporal concepts (days, weeks, months) • Data interpretation and organization Life skills supported: • Remembering and planning for birthdays and special events • Scheduling and time awareness • Using calendars for appointments and routines • Building independence with personal organization • Interpreting real-world information Great for occupational therapy, special education, speech therapy, life skills classrooms, homeschool settings, and elementary through transition-age learners working on functional academics.
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