the year to come

The past few months, Rowan has really been into counting days and months.  She loves to talk about what day it is, what month her birthday is in, when Charlie will be one, how many days there are until Saturday, what months are winter months, and so on.  It is so fun watching her learn about the days of the week, counting to 20 (and beyond) and discovering the seasons.  So, this Christmas, I decided to make her a calendar to help her further explore numbers, days of the weeks, seasons, and months.

The calendar is made of wool felt, fabric scraps, buttons, and velcro.  The construction was fairly simple though it did take a bit of time to get it all together.  In fact, I still have some work to do.  The snowflakes will get replaced with hearts in February and an umbrella in March.  The rest of the months have yet to be made.  The decorative panel is attached to the body of the calendar by buttons.  The number squares are made of wool felt (I just wrote on top with a fabric marker for the letters & numbers) and the days of the week are embroidered.  If I had had the time and energy, perhaps I would have embroidered the numbers and month names.  But, honestly, I thought that was going a bit too far especially when I am not skilled at embroidery. 

Together we invite the year to come.  So far, she loves putting her new number up every day.  It's the first thing she does in the morning...and it seems to start the day off right!