For one little lady, the countdown to the most important day of the year (possibly with the exception of Christmas Day), has begun. In 27 days time it will be her birthday and for at least a month after that, I am hoping I won’t get asked the daily question ‘when is it my birthday?’. Please someone tell me when children have a concept of time beyond a couple of weeks.

Ava’s birthday countdown

To build the excitement and as an activity (aka a time filler), together we have created a countdown calendar to her birthday, with the ulterior motive of getting Ava to practice her numbers. Every day she must count how many days until her birthday and write down the number of the day it is. I wonder how many days she’ll do this for…

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