Ways to use this list
- Plan a year of family days out: spin a month for each idea and pencil it straight into the calendar.
- Birthday line-up: spin a month, everyone born in it stands, and the group sorts itself by date without talking.
- Early years calendar work: spin a month, then children say the month that comes before it and the one after.
- Pick the month for a class project deadline, a themed reading challenge or the next bake sale.
- Writing prompt: describe the weather, food and smells of the spun month where you live.
- Seasonal food project: spin a month, then find out which fruits and vegetables are harvested near you at that time of year.
Press Spin the wheel, tap the game or press the Space bar. Change the list in the box as you
like: add your own, delete what doesn't suit you, or write *2 after an entry to give it double the
chance. The game buttons switch the same list to a duck race, hat, claw machine and more.
The full list (12 entries)
- January – month 1, 31 days
- February – month 2, 28 days (29 in a leap year)
- March – month 3, 31 days
- April – month 4, 30 days
- May – month 5, 31 days
- June – month 6, 30 days
- July – month 7, 31 days
- August – month 8, 31 days
- September – month 9, 30 days
- October – month 10, 31 days
- November – month 11, 30 days
- December – month 12, 31 days
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Questions people ask
Which months have 31 days?
Seven months have 31 days: January, March, May, July, August, October and December. April, June, September and November have 30, and February has 28, or 29 in a leap year.
How can I remember the number of days in each month?
Try the knuckle trick: make two fists and count the months along your knuckles and the dips between them. Every knuckle month has 31 days, and every dip month has 30, except February.
Can I get a random month and day together?
Use the random date generator, which spins every date from January 1 to December 31. One spin replaces picking a month and then a day.
How do I get a random month and year?
Spin a month here, then a year on the random year generator. Two quick spins give you one of over 1,500 month-and-year pairs between 1900 and 2026.
Is every month equally likely?
Yes. Each of the 12 months has a 1 in 12 chance on every spin. Each month comes up exactly once per round, because No repeats until everyone is picked is on from the start.
Which months start on the same day of the week?
In a normal year, January and October always begin on the same weekday, as do February, March and November, then April and July, then September and December. A leap year shifts the pattern, and January, April and July start together instead.