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CalendarTime
Thecalendarintheclassroomrequireschildrentounderstandnotonly
conceptssuchasbeforeandafterbutalsorelativelengthoftimeordistanceof
pastorfutureevens.Eventhoughchildrenhaveahardtimejudgingthelengthof
timebetweenevents,theycanunderstandasequenceofeventssuchassnacktime
comesrightaftermorningmeeting.Earlychildhoodeducatorsmayalsousethe
calendartoteachconceptsotherthantime,suchasnumeracy,vocabulary,
sequencingandpatterning.Aschildrenseethevisualcalendar,thegoalisforthey
willlearnnumeralrecognitionandonetoonecorrespondence.Teacherswhokeep
thecalendarasapartoftheirdailyclassroomroutinewillbemoreeffectiveifthey
developwaystoincorporatethecalendarthatrequireliketimeandreflectyoung
childrenslimiteddevelopmentoftimeconcepts.