Months of the Year Worksheets to Trace, Spell and Sort

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Months of the year 12

  • April Month 4. 30 days. Spring. Nobody is sure where the name comes from. It ends in il.
  • August Month 8. 31 days. Summer. The Romans called it Sextilis, the sixth month, and renamed it for Augustus. It has 2 u's.
  • December Month 12. 31 days. Winter. The name means tenth month, counted from March. The c sounds like an s.
  • February Month 2. 28 days, and 29 in a leap year. Winter. Some people do not say the first r, so it gets left out. Write Feb, then ru, then ary.
  • January Month 1. 31 days. Winter. Named for Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and doorways. Spell it in 3 parts: Jan, u, ary.
  • July Month 7. 31 days. Summer. The Romans called it Quintilis, the fifth month, and renamed it for Julius Caesar.
  • June Month 6. 30 days. Summer. June and July both begin Ju, so look at the third letter: n for June.
  • March Month 3. 31 days. Spring. Named for the Roman god Mars. The early Roman year began with March.
  • May Month 5. 31 days. Spring. The shortest month name, 3 letters, so its short form is the whole word.
  • November Month 11. 30 days. Fall. The name means ninth month, counted from March. It ends in ember, like September and December.
  • October Month 10. 31 days. Fall. The name means eighth month, counted from March. Say the 3 parts: Oc, to, ber.
  • September Month 9. 30 days. Fall. The longest month name, 9 letters. The name means seventh month, counted from March.
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Order words, first to twelfth 12

  • eighth 8th. August is the eighth month. Eight already ends in t, so only an h is added.
  • eleventh 11th. November is the eleventh month. Eleven, then th.
  • fifth 5th. May is the fifth month. The ve of five turns into f.
  • first 1st. January is the first month. The ir sounds like the ir in third.
  • fourth 4th. April is the fourth month. Keep the u of four. Forth with no u is a different word.
  • ninth 9th. September is the ninth month. Nine drops its e before th.
  • second 2nd. February is the second month. It ends in ond.
  • seventh 7th. July is the seventh month. Seven, then th.
  • sixth 6th. June is the sixth month. Six, then th.
  • tenth 10th. October is the tenth month. Ten, then th.
  • third 3rd. March is the third month. It starts like three and ends like bird.
  • twelfth 12th. December is the twelfth month. The ve of twelve turns into f, as in fifth.

Calendar words 7

  • birthday Two words joined: birth and day. A pupil's own birthday month is a good first month to learn.
  • calendar A chart of the days, weeks and months of a year. It ends in ar, not er.
  • date The number of the day in its month, such as May 5.
  • holiday A special day when school or work is closed. Spell it with one l.
  • month One of the 12 parts of a year. A month has 28, 29, 30 or 31 days.
  • season Spring, summer, fall or winter. On this page each season is 3 whole months.
  • year 12 months. 365 days, or 366 in a leap year.

Short forms, Jan to Dec 11

  • Apr Short for April: its first 3 letters, with the capital kept.
  • Aug Short for August: its first 3 letters, with the capital kept.
  • Dec Short for December: its first 3 letters, with the capital kept.
  • Feb Short for February: its first 3 letters, with the capital kept.
  • Jan Short for January: its first 3 letters, with the capital kept.
  • Jul Short for July: its first 3 letters, with the capital kept.
  • Jun Short for June: its first 3 letters, with the capital kept.
  • Mar Short for March: its first 3 letters, with the capital kept.
  • Nov Short for November: its first 3 letters, with the capital kept.
  • Oct Short for October: its first 3 letters, with the capital kept.
  • Sep Short for September: its first 3 letters, with the capital kept.

Season words 5

  • autumn Another word for fall. The n at the end is silent.
  • fall North of the equator the fall months are September, October and November. It has a double l.
  • spring North of the equator the spring months are March, April and May.
  • summer North of the equator the summer months are June, July and August. It has a double m.
  • winter North of the equator the winter months are December, January and February.

How this list was compiled: Own work, written for this page on 2026-09-20: 13 lists, 47 words. The 12 month names carry their number, days, season and short form as fields. Checked on 2026-09-20: month lengths, the leap day and the 365 and 366 day years against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar ; where the month names come from (Mars, Quintilis and Julius Caesar, Sextilis and Augustus, September to December as the seventh to tenth months of a year that began in March, April marked as uncertain) against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_calendar ; Janus as the god of beginnings and doorways against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus ; the seasons as whole months (Northern Hemisphere weather seasons: spring from 1 March, summer from 1 June, fall from 1 September, winter from 1 December) against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Season ; the way February is said without its first r against https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/February ; the 3-letter short forms Jan to Dec against section 3.3 of https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5322 . A script checked that every missing-letter pattern fits its own word and no other word of the same list, that the month lengths add up to 365, and that no word is on one list twice. Licence: own work

How it works

These months of the year worksheets open on a finished sheet: January to December in dotted print to trace, capitals included, numbered 1 to 12. Press Print worksheet, or pick another layout under What goes on the sheet first.

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Print the 12 months

The opening sheet runs to 2 pages on Letter or A4. The other 6 layouts use the same list: Missing letters, Word shapes, Unscramble, ABC order, Write a sentence and Sort by list. Each one with something to check adds its answer key as the last pages.

Keep it to 1 page

In the Word list menu pick January to June or July to December. Six months fit on 1 page in every layout, and so does their answer key.

Sort the months by season

Pick Winter months, then Sort by list. Pupils get a word box of 9 months and 3 columns to write them in: winter, spring and summer. Pick Spring months for spring, summer and fall.

  • Missing letters leaves out the letters pupils drop: the first r of February, both u's of August, the c of December.
  • Unscramble prints its letters in lower case. The word box above them shows each month with its capital.
  • For a row to write each month without help, open More options and tick Add an empty row. The 12 months then take 3 pages.

Questions and answers

How do you spell February?

F, e, b, r, u, a, r, y. An r comes straight after the b. Some people say the word without that r, which is why it gets left out on paper. The Missing letters sheet prints Feb_uary, so pupils write the r in themselves.

Do the months of the year need a capital letter?

Yes. In English every month starts with a capital wherever it stands in a sentence, and so do the short forms Jan to Dec. The seasons do not: winter, spring, summer and fall stay in lower case.

Which months are in each season?

North of the equator, counting whole months: winter is December, January and February; spring is March, April and May; summer is June, July and August; fall is September, October and November. South of the equator the seasons are the other way round.

Why is September the ninth month if its name means seventh?

The early Roman year began in March, so September was month 7, October month 8, November month 9 and December month 10. The year later came to start in January, and the four names stayed as they were.

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