Last year I took the plunge and changed the way that we "do" calendar. (Thanks to
(Matt Gomez and Mardelle Sauerborn who posted about their calendar journey.)
Instead of the traditional turn-the-date-over monthly calendar, I put up all 12 months, to create a living document of our year.
It was a learning curve as the kids and I figured out together how we wanted it to work.
First thing that went up was all the birthdays. Pretty important.
my goals
I wanted the kids to see the passage of time. The whole school year - not just the current month.
I wanted to the kids to refer to the class calendar the way that I use my calendar at home - to see when events were going to occur.