Calendar time

The girls have a special calendar with extra large numbers that I designed just for them. I also write in events that are important to the kids, so they can see what's coming up, without resorting to my cluttered calendar.

We start each school day with Glitter pulling up a kitchen chair to the calendar and telling us the date. It's a quick activity that teaches her about the passage of time and how to read numbers.

"Today is 12. The day of the week is Tuesday. The month is October. And the year is still 2010. And here is Halloween." Glitter hasn't figured out that we say dates as month-day-year. She's also doesn't quite believe that the year will ever change, even though I've pointed out the sequence of months and when the year changes on the adjoining timeline.

Glitter ends each day with crossing off the date just before heading up to bed.

"Bye-bye October 12."

When Sparkle was younger I did the same with her until she could read a calendar reliably.