The family calendar
The purpose of this resource is to provide suggestions to whānau about how they can support mathematics by using a family calendar.
About this resource
This section provides some ideas for how you can raise awareness and share mathematics using everyday experiences and resources found around your home. It includes ideas for supporting your children’s learning in all areas of mathematics: geometry, measurement, statistics, algebra, and number.
This page provides suggestions as to how mathematics can be practiced by putting together and using a family calendar.
The family calendar
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Family days: Sit with your child and record on a calendar, or give them a list of the family days that are celebrated every year and ask them to record. This could be birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries. Each date can be found and the person’s name written on the calendar square or a sticker added to the box. Ask your child to look at the name of the month, what came before what comes next, and the day of the week that the date occurs on.
The family calendar can be hung up at a child’s eye height so they can check it regularly and be given responsibility for turning over the new page when the first of the month happens. Ask your child to practice with you by naming the order of days and months.
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Special dates: When the school or team newsletters come home, ask your child to record the dates you need to remember on the calendar, like when netball starts, when school camp happens, when the disco is, or when the term ends or begins.
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