Calendars

You can see the reason for the confusion that has surrounded calendars throughout history, when you realize that there are basically three types: one that follows the Sun (solar), one that follows the Moon (lunar), and one that intermittently goes by both (lunisolar). Add into the equation months that leap, and you can also see how the road was paved for debate. Calendars in use today include the Gregorian, Hebrew, Chinese, Islamic, and Indian. Ancient ones include the Egyptian, Julian and Mayan (Aztec).

It's easy to imagine that when the first paper calendars were being thought of, some guy brought his work home, was sitting around the kitchen table, staring at the dull number/block pages, then finally said excitedly, "Ya know...a picture of a ship would look good at the top of this thing!" To which his wife replied, "It sure would. Or maybe a bowl of curds and some berries." At which the man's brain gears, which had been turning rapidly, immediately stopped at the thought of a dairy bowl and berries, but then began turning even more swiftly as he wondered if maybe his wife might be speaking for all womanhood and he for all manhood in wanting something picturesque atop the calendar grid.

Well, you know human ingenuity when it wraps its tentacles around an idea...today, we have calendars representing everything from NASCAR to "Winnie the Pooh", from geography trivia to beach babe models, and everything imaginable in between. And for those who want to go beyond paper, technological imagination has given us PDAs (Personal Daily Assistants), Palm Pilots and PC computer software to help manage our lives.

It's difficult to predict what future innovations will bring, but one thing is certain: as long as time exists, the calendar is not likely to go out of style or become obsolete. As long as there is time, we'll be tracking it in one way or another.


CRAFT IDEA
Materials

12 blank sheets of paper (for calendar grid pages)
1 piece of posterboard (cut the size of the calendar grid pages)

1 piece of posterboard (cut desired size to create the CALENDAR PANEL)
1 photo-copy of a picture (at least half the size of the CALENDAR PANEL)

1 piece of cardboard (3" larger all around than the CALENDAR PANEL)
1 piece of fabric (3" larger than cardboard panel, to cover front and wrap around the back)
1 piece of same fabric (approx. the same size as the

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