1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9........
It's a Month of Math!
One great way to expand your child’s awareness of time and
math is by giving them a personal calendar. We use two calendars to have fun with learning. One calendar we like to use is the
It can be personalized each month by your children. It provides a good exercise in counting
by placing the magnetized squares in place. It’s also fun to mark special events and change the months
and seasons.
The other calendar we prepare each year is a twelve month
calendar from a dollar store. We
go through the calendar and write family members’ names on their
birthdays. Toddlers and
preschoolers might enjoy how we did this in earlier years---we cut out small
photographs of each person and attached them to the calendar square with double
stick tape. We also mark holidays
with themed stickers. Another fun
aspect of this calendar is we use it almost as a diary because daily events are
written down for memory keeping.
We’ve found that using calendars specified for a child’s use
is a great way to involve a child in planning. How do you use calendars in your family?
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