The Activity Idea Place proudly presents "Themes by the Month". Preschool themes are coordinated with the holidays and observances. To see the curriculum available on 123child.com, click on theblue links.
| Monthly Observances | Related Theme |
| Bath Safety Month | Home Safety |
| Clown Month | Clowns, Circus |
| Crime Stoppers Month | Police Officers |
| Eye Health Care Month | Eyes, Five Senses |
| Hobby Month | Hobbies |
| Letter Writing Month | Letters, Communication |
| Canned Foods Month | Canned Foods, Canned Food Drive |
| Oatmeal Month | Oatmeal |
| Radio Month | Music, Communication |
| Soup Month | Soup |
| Weekly Observances | Related Theme |
| Letter Writing Week (First Week) | Communication |
| Law Enforcement Training Week (Second Week) | Police Officers |
| Pizza Week (Second Week) | Pizza |
| Book Week (Third Week) | Books |
| Special Education Week (Third Week) | Diversity |
| Catholic Schools Week (Fourth Week) | Religious Theme |
| Celebrity Read a Book Week (Fourth Week) | Have parents come in and read. |
| Health Awareness Week (Fourth Week) | Health |
| Meat Week (Fourth Week) | Meat, Foods, Farm Animals |
| Daily Observances | Related Theme |
| New Year's Day (Jan. 1) | New Year's Day |
| Last Day of Kwanzaa (Jan. 1) | Kwanzaa |
| Z Day (Jan. 1) | The Letter Z |
| Festival of Sleep Day (Jan. 3) | Sleeping, Health |
| Braille Day, birthday of Louis Braille. Day of honoring the blind. (Jan. 4) | Sight, Five Senses |
| Spaghetti Day (Jan. 4) | Spaghetti |
| Telegraph was first demonstrated by Samuel Morse on January 6, 1838. (Jan. 6) | Communication |
| Transatlantic telephone service began, 1927 (Jan. 7) | Communication |
| Rock & Roll Day (Elvis Presley's Birthday, 1935) (Jan. 8) | Music |
| Balloon Ascension Day (Jan. 9) | Balloons |
| Stepfather's Day (Jan. 9) | Family |
| Where's the Beef Day (Jan. 10) | Cows, Farm Animals |
| Amelia Earhart Day (Jan. 11) | Planes, Travel, Vacations, Transportation |
| "All in the Family" premiers, 1971 (Jan. 12) | Family |
| Secret Pal Day (Jan. 12) | Friendship |
| The first Frisbees by Wham-O were produced on January 13, 1957. | Frisbees, Sports |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday (Jan. 15) - US Federal Holiday observed the third Monday in January -- 1/19/04 | Diversity, Freedom |
| Arbor Day (Jan. 16) | Trees, Plants |
| Winnie The Pooh Day (In observance of the birthday of Alan Alexander Milne, 1882.) (Jan. 18) | Winnie The Pooh |
| Popcorn Day (Jan. 19) | Popcorn |
| Hugging Day (Jan. 21) | Friendship, Family |
| Chinese New Year (Varies) | New Year's Day |
| Pie Day (Jan. 23) | Pies, Baked Goods, Fruit |
| Ice Cream Bar Day/Eskimo Pie Day (Jan. 24) | Ice Cream |
| Square Dance Day(Jan. 24) | Dancing |
| Superbowl Sunday (Observed the last Sunday in January) | Football, Sports |
| Kazoo Day (Jan. 28) | Kazoos, Music |
| Carnation Day (Jan. 29) | Flowers |
| Corn Chip Day (Jan. 29) | Corn Chips, Food |
| Jigsaw Puzzle Day (Jan. 29) | Jigsaw Puzzles |
Source for Observance Dates From: Butlerwebs.com