Month Wheel: Spin a Random Month

Month wheel with all 12 months, January to December. Spin a month for a calendar lesson, a birthday game or a writing prompt.

Calendar lessons
Birthday games
Writing prompts

On this wheel

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Why use a month wheel

All twelve months are on the wheel in order. Spin one and name its season, its holidays and the months before and after it.

Teach the order of the months
Teachers spin a month and ask which comes before and after it.
Find who has a birthday that month
Spin a month and everyone born in it stands up.
Write about a day in that month
Students spin a month and write about something that happens then.

This wheel wears the Spinergy theme: stand-up ready: sticky notes on a whiteboard, with a marker for a pointer. Your own copy keeps it, or pick another wheel theme.

How to use the month wheel

Click the wheel to spin it.
Wait for it to slow down and stop on a random entry. The winner pops up on screen.
Click “Hide & Respin” to take the winner out and spin again, so nothing is picked twice.
Click “Create your own month picker” to save your own copy, change the entries, and share or embed it.

All 12 entries on the month wheel

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Frequently Asked Questions

Which 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.

Is the wheel really random?

Yes. Every entry has a slice of the same size, and where the wheel stops is picked with your browser’s cryptographically secure random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues), so nobody can predict or rig the result.

Can I change the entries on this wheel?

Yes. Click “Create your own month picker” to save your own copy. You can then add, remove or rename entries, change the theme and spin settings, and share or embed your wheel.