TRIBE KIDS CALENDAR
2026 Monthly Themes & Patches
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Q1 2026
January // Engineer
Happy New Year and welcome to 2026! Our theme this year is "Full STEAM ahead." We are focusing all of our monthly themes on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math because these topics are so important for our children to explore; being strong in these subjects helps prepare our kids for life!
Our January theme is ENGINEER. Humans are not the only species that engineer; animals and plants build and construct all sorts of things too! Kids can learn a thing or two about STEAM from nature if they look closely. Get outside, slow down, and enjoy!
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "Outside In" By: Deborah Underwood and Cindy Derby
- 8 & OLDER // "Wilderness Survival Handbook for Kids" By: Caleb Foster
WORKSHEETS
- 8 & UNDER // DOWNLOAD PDF
- 8 & OLDER // DOWNLOAD PDF
February // Design
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "The Most Magnificent Thing" By: Ashley Spires
- 8 & OLDER // "Dream" By: Barbara O'Conner
March // Experiment
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "Ricky, the Rock that Couldn't Roll" By: Mr. Jay and Erin Wozniak
- 8 & OLDER // "The Science of Breakable Things" By: Tae Keller
Q2 2026
April // Discover
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "Storm Run: The Story of the First Woman to win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race" By: Libby Riddlers and Shannon Cartwright
- 8 & OLDER // "Call of the Wild" By: Jack London
May // Measure
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "A Giraffe and a Half" By: Shel Silverstein
- 8 & OLDER // "Measuring Up" By: Lily Lamotte and Ann Xu
June // Invent
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "Just Like Rube Goldberg" By: Sarah Aronson and Robert Neubecker
- 8 & OLDER // "Rube Goldberg and his Amazing Machines" By: Brandon T. Snider and Ed Steckley
Q3 2026
July // Launch
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped put America on the Moon" By: Suzanne Slade and Veronica Miller Jamison
- 8 & OLDER // "Hidden Figures Young Readers Edition" By: Margot Lee Shetterly
August // Build
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "The Paper Crane" By: Molly Bang
- 8 & OLDER // "Sadako and 1,000 Paper Cranes" By: Eleanor Coerr and Ronald Himmler
September // Pattern
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "The Girl who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin" By: Julia Finley Mosca and Daniel Rieley
- 8 & OLDER // "Who is Temple Grandin?" By: Patricia Brennan Demuth and Robert Squier
Q4 2026
October // Code
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "How to Code a Rollercoaster" By: Josh Funk and Sara Palacios
- 8 & OLDER // "Hack the Story: The Firewall Files" By: G. Money Cricket
November // Bond
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "A Different Pond" By: Bao Phi and Thi Bui
- 8 & OLDER // "Park's Quest" By: Katherine Paterson
December // Reflect
BOOKS
- 8 & UNDER // "Mirror" By: Jeannie Baker
- 8 & OLDER // "My Side of the Mountain" By: Jean Craighead George
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