Ideas for using calendars
The purpose of this page is to provide suggestions to whānau about how calendars can support maths learning.
About this resource
One of the ideas suggested is creating a maths kete at home. The kete will include materials that are helpful in learning about maths through making and finding things and playing games together. This page gives you a list of things that you can find around your house or can get cheaply from discount shops. For each item in your kete, there are ideas and links to the Maths at Our House activity pages as well as links to number knowledge activities. Many of the activities are games and have cards or boards that you can print off and add to your kete.
This page provides ideas for the use of calendars.
Ideas for using calendars
Required materials
See Materials that come with this resource to download:
- He kōrero maramataka (.pdf)
Calendars are an inexpensive resource that can support your child’s learning of several key ideas related to time. Calendars are a way of learning the names of the months and days of the week and learning about the structure of a week, a month, and a year. Learning about time takes lots of practice and the more experiences a child has, the more likely these concepts will be strengthened.
Calendars go on sale very quickly after the New Year, and you can also get them at discount shops or make them on the computer.
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