Calendar Family

1) Learning objectives: To enrich children’s time concept and develop their reasoning ability through the understanding of calendar.

2) Theoretical guidance: As children grow older and with the formation of number concept, they will show great interest in their birthday. The understanding of the fact that their birthday can be found in the calendar is a great pleasure for them.

3) Creative learning: The game “Calendar Family” introduces the concept of year, month and week to children through a progressive way. The 12 months and the 7 days in a week are set in the game. The game process enhances children’s memory and reaction ability.

4) Suggestions for parents: In daily life, parents can tell children what date it is and what day it is everyday and make them find it on the calendar. Here is an useful calendar song for children: “There are 31 days in January, March, May, July, August, October and December, and 30 days in other months. Only February is special with 28 days in common years and 29 days in leap year.