Months of the Year Printable Cards and Pocket Chart Labels

Press Print 12 cards for one two-sided sheet of the months, or Print 12 labels for the fronts alone.

August (Aug)

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How to practise

Next step Make a tracing sheet of the 12 month names

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April (Apr) Spring north of the equator, fall south of it.
August (Aug) Summer north of the equator, winter south of it.
December (Dec) Winter north of the equator, summer south of it.
February (Feb) It has 29 days in a leap year. Winter north of the equator, summer south of it.
January (Jan) Winter north of the equator, summer south of it.
July (Jul) Summer north of the equator, winter south of it.
June (Jun) Summer north of the equator, winter south of it.
March (Mar) Spring north of the equator, fall south of it.
May May is already 3 letters long, so its short form is the same word. Spring north of the equator, fall south of it.
November (Nov) Fall north of the equator, spring south of it.
October (Oct) Fall north of the equator, spring south of it.
September (Sep) Fall north of the equator, spring south of it.

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Which month comes next 12

Which month comes after April? April, then May, then June.
Which month comes after August? August, then September, then October.
Which month comes after December? A new year begins: December, then January, then February.
Which month comes after February? February, then March, then April.
Which month comes after January? January, then February, then March.
Which month comes after July? July, then August, then September.
Which month comes after June? June, then July, then August.
Which month comes after March? March, then April, then May.
Which month comes after May? May, then June, then July.
Which month comes after November? November, then December, then January of the next year.
Which month comes after October? October, then November, then December.
Which month comes after September? September, then October, then November.

Months by number 12

Which month is number 1? The first month, with 11 more to come. In a date written in numbers, 1 in the month place means January.
Which month is number 2? 1 month comes before it and 10 come after. In a date written in numbers, 2 in the month place means February.
Which month is number 3? 2 months come before it and 9 come after. In a date written in numbers, 3 in the month place means March.
Which month is number 4? 3 months come before it and 8 come after. In a date written in numbers, 4 in the month place means April.
Which month is number 5? 4 months come before it and 7 come after. In a date written in numbers, 5 in the month place means May.
Which month is number 6? 5 months come before it and 6 come after. In a date written in numbers, 6 in the month place means June.
Which month is number 7? 6 months come before it and 5 come after. In a date written in numbers, 7 in the month place means July.
Which month is number 8? 7 months come before it and 4 come after. In a date written in numbers, 8 in the month place means August.
Which month is number 9? 8 months come before it and 3 come after. In a date written in numbers, 9 in the month place means September.
Which month is number 10? 9 months come before it and 2 come after. In a date written in numbers, 10 in the month place means October.
Which month is number 11? 10 months come before it and 1 comes after. In a date written in numbers, 11 in the month place means November.
Which month is number 12? The last month. After it the count starts again at 1. In a date written in numbers, 12 in the month place means December.

How many days 12

How many days are in April? One of the 4 months with 30 days: April, June, September and November.
How many days are in August? July and August both have 31. On the knuckle count, start again on a knuckle for August.
How many days are in December? The year ends on a long month, and January, which comes next, has 31 too.
How many days are in February? The only month shorter than 30 days. The leap day, February 29, comes in years such as 2028 and 2032.
How many days are in January? A long month. On the knuckle count January is the first knuckle.
How many days are in July? A long month, on the fourth knuckle. August follows it with 31 days as well.
How many days are in June? On the knuckle count June falls in the dip between two knuckles, May and July.
How many days are in March? A long month, on the second knuckle. February, in the dip before it, is the short one.
How many days are in May? A long month, on the third knuckle. April before it and June after it have 30 each.
How many days are in November? The last of the 4 months with 30 days. The others are April, June and September.
How many days are in October? A long month between two months of 30 days, September and November.
How many days are in September? The old rhyme starts here: thirty days hath September, April, June and November.

How this list was compiled: Own work, written for this site on 2026-09-19. The order of the 12 months, the days in each, February having 28 days in a common year and 29 in a leap year, and the leap-year rule (every year divisible by 4, except years divisible by 100 but not by 400, so 1900 was not a leap year and 2000 was) were checked against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar on 2026-09-19, and again against a standard calendar library, which also confirmed that 2028 and 2032 are leap years and that the 12 lengths add up to 365. Seasons are the meteorological seasons, whole months: north of the equator spring starts on 1 March, summer on 1 June, fall (autumn) on 1 September, winter on 1 December, and the southern hemisphere is the other way round; checked against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Season on 2026-09-19. The knuckle count (start on the first knuckle for January; knuckles are 31-day months and the dips between them are shorter months; July and August both land on a knuckle) was checked against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckle_mnemonic on 2026-09-19, and the traditional rhyme that names September, April, June and November as the 30-day months against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Days_Hath_September on the same day. The three-letter short forms are the first three letters of each English month name. Licence: own work

How it works

This months of the year printable puts all 12 months on one sheet of Letter or A4, as 60 mm cards that fit a pocket chart, a folder or a drawer front. Each card shows the month and its three-letter short form. The backs give the month number, the days and the season. On screen, the same deck drills which month comes next.

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Print the 12 month cards on one sheet

The page opens on the 12 month cards. Press Print 12 cards (1 sheet, both sides). You get 2 pages: a sheet of 12 fronts, 3 across and 4 down, and a sheet of backs with every row mirrored. Print on both sides, flipped on the long edge, and each back lands behind its own month. For labels that will be stuck down, press Print 12 labels (1 sheet, one side) for the fronts alone. No two-sided printer? Press Print 12 fold-over cards. Each answer prints beside its month, to cut and fold. With All chosen under Show only, Print 48 cards gives 8 pages.

What is on each card

The front reads January (Jan), February (Feb) and so on. May stands alone, because it is already 3 letters long. The back gives the month number out of 12, the number of days, and two seasons: the one north of the equator and the opposite one south of it. The seasons here are the meteorological ones, which are whole months: north of the equator, spring is March, April and May. Calendars that start each season at an equinox or solstice change over later in March, June, September and December.

Drill the order and the days on screen

Under Show only, three more sets of 12 ask full questions: Which month comes next, Months by number, and How many days. The page opens in Flip: tap the card or press Show answer, then press Got it or Missed it. Press Quiz under How to practise and pupils type the answer, then press Check or the Enter key. Short forms count, so Feb is right for February, and either 28 or 29 is right for February's days. Missed cards collect in a pile, and the Missed button drills them alone. Press Timed, pick 30 seconds, 1 minute or 2 minutes, then Start round.

Teach the knuckle count for the days. Make a fist, say January on the first knuckle, February in the dip beside it, and keep going. Every knuckle month has 31 days. July and August both land on a knuckle.
In the print dialog, choose actual size or 100 percent. A fit to page setting can shrink the cards below 60 mm, and they will sit loose in pockets you measured.
Use a second copy as the headers of a class birthday graph. Pupils place a name card under their month, then count which month has the most.
Teaching south of the equator? Read the second season on each back. December, January and February make up the summer months there.

Questions and answers

How do I print just the month labels?

Press Print 12 labels (1 sheet, one side), under the card. These free printable months of the year labels are the 12 fronts alone, as 60 mm squares on one sheet of Letter or A4. Cut along the lines and tape or glue each label to a folder, a drawer or a calendar pocket.

What size are the cards?

Each card is 60 mm square, about 2.4 inches, and 12 fit on one sheet. There is one size for now, so for a larger wall header, enlarge the printed sheet on a copier.

Which months have 30 days and which have 31?

Four months have 30 days: April, June, September and November. Seven have 31: January, March, May, July, August, October and December. February has 28 days, or 29 in a leap year. Added up, that is 365 days in a common year and 366 in a leap year. The How many days set drills all 12.

When is February 29 days long?

In a leap year. Every year that divides evenly by 4 is a leap year, such as 2028 and 2032. The one exception is a year ending in 00, which must also divide by 400. That is why 1900 was not a leap year, 2000 was, and 2100 will not be.

Why do the backs give two seasons?

The seasons are reversed on the two sides of the equator. When it is winter in Canada it is summer in Australia, so a card that said only winter for January would be wrong for half the world. Each back names the northern season first and the southern one second. Near the equator many places count wet and dry seasons instead.