Child development calendar

Most calendars usually just tell the date and have nice pictures. Very rarely do calendars have other useful information. Sure most might have lunar phases- full moon half moon etc. I’ve never understood why anyone would need to know when the next full moon will be, apart from most Sikhs who still follow bharamnical karam-kaandh.

Today I got hold of the most interesting and unique colander ever created. It’s especially useful for anyone who has younger kids.

It's called the ਬਾਲ ਵਿਕਾਸ ਕੈਲਿੰਡਰ: ਬੱਚੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨਹੀਂ ਪਲਦੇ! Child development calendar: Kids don’t grow up themselves(most might disagree with the second part becasue they're living proof that it can be done) The calendar’s free for anyone who has young kids enrolled in most pre-schools, I know Khalsa Pre School does. Having this up for a school year will change your life no matter what. It'll constantly remind one to do things in order to properly raise children.

It lists resources families can use- government and otherwise. It has a sort of timeline to properly self diagnose a child’s progress at different age levels. There a lot of useful to the point information and little tips on things at random days in a given month.

The main theme throughout it is: ‘Kids don’t grow up themselves.’ It’s about time people realized this. This calendar could be the beginning to Surrey’s better future.

The best thing about this is that it’s all in punjabi. This is a first for any calendar I've seen. If the publishers keep this up every year it’ll definitely do wonders for Punjabi.

Most of the calendars out there are usually garbage. It’s good to see something creative and useful finally come out. The really small credit card sized ones that many shops get printed with the Guru’s supposed portraits are a complete waste. Having the whole year like that isn’t practical at all. The numbers are so small they’re hardy readable and most just end up in the sun screen visors in cars as decoration pieces.

The same format could maybe be used to make other variations of this calendar for different groups of people. Obviously one on Sikh history and tradition is long overdue but ones covering health, cars, running a business, fitness or computers will really help people too.

It doesn’t say where you can get one, I'd guess one of the preschools would have some or one of the Sponsors might know:

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