Customer Reviews

Trend Bulletin Board Set - Year Round Calendar

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This has been a good set to use with my son's preschool coop. However, it needs to be laminated to be durable. I put the calendar on a foam core backing and even that is showing signs of "love." If I were to look for a large scale, educational calendar again. I wouldn't buy this one again. I would pay for the more expensive canvas wall calendars used by many preschools. This one would be great for a bulletin board, but its not very good for encouraging child to manipulate the pieces.

I purchased this product to use with my k and 2nd grader. They both enjoy it as visual tool for learning days, weeks, months, seasons and basic weather types.

All the significant holidays are included (including Kwanzaa, election day, and season beginnings). There are several Birthday, No School, Special Days and Field Trip triangles, each with a cartoon type drawing appropriate for the holiday or event. These triangles may be attached to the date of the specific holiday by slipping them into the provided slots on each square. I cannot rate the ease of use of the slots because I chose to have the calendar laminated (It comes with a light coating, but I knew it would get a lot of use and it wasn't expense to have done; whole set for under $6) and used velcro to adhere the dates and double stick tape for the holidays. The months are color-coded by seasons which correspond to the seasons for the season/weather wheel chart.

My kids enjoy using the wheel to show the daily change in weather, then record the data on the Weather graph. I also like the day of the week chart which provides spaces for yesterday and tomorrow. It gives my students additional practice remembering the order of days. In addition I have used the calendar to reinforce counting (k student will put up the dates in numerical order) and to keep visual track of special events (field trips, relatives visiting, etc).

The only problem I might have with the product would be the small arrows used on the weather wheel. If I had not had it laminated they might have broken after repeated use.

Overall, wonderful product!

This calendar bulletin board set is great! It is not too large so it can be centered on a bulletin board space and the other items in the kit such as the weather graphing chart, weather wheel, and the Today is... will fit nicely around the calendar. Great for homeschool because it fits nicely on a standard (bedroom) door.

I bought this set for my homeschooling kindergardener. I looked at many, many sets and finally settled on this one, and am quite glad that I did. We start school every day with the Pledge and weather observations. We then come inside to record our weather observations (great b/c it gets him to observe graphing and trends already), and filling in the calender. I like that we can put the numbers up one day at a time to reinforce number recognition, months of the year, days of the week and so forth. In my opinion, this set is just right for a kindergardener, covering the basics that need to be addressed. The durability is ok, but for the cost, I won't mind if I have to buy a new calender set in 2-3 years. If I was really concerned about it I would have laminated the set and then put velcro on the numbers and calender. Oh, and most importantly, my son loves recording the weather and updating the calender every day! He is beginning to understand the concepts of days/weeks/months/years.

This product is great. It is large and colorful. Easy to use. This was so worth the money.

EVERYONE COMPLIMENTS MY CALENDAR B/C OF THE SIMPLICITY AND SMALL SIZE.
IT WORKS WELL WITH MY SPECIAL ED KIDS B/C THE SIZE IS NOT OVERWHELMING, THE DAYS OF THE WEEK AND MONTHS OF THE YEAR ARE NOT GAUDY WITH A MILLION DIFFERENT COLORS AND/OR DESIGNS. THIS IS A NICE, SIMPLE INEXPENSIVE CALENDAR FOR MY KIDS. THE ONLY DRAWBACK IS THAT YOU HAVE TO LAMINATE IT, OR ELSE IT WONT STAND UP TO TIME. I HAD MINE LAMINATED AT KINKO'S.

I use this in our home school for my special needs daughter and toddler son. It is a great way for her to review information such as Today's Date, the present season, Today's weather as well as the days of the week in the form of Today is, Tomorrow Will Be and Yesterday Was. We add the date to the calendar each day (today is Wednesday, August.....10), which is a great way for her review her numbers and count in order.

The only downside to this product is there is a lot to punch out, which takes awhile, but that can be expected.

I got this to start teaching my toddler. I had it laminated, ONLY because we live in Indonesia and can't get a new calendar every year. I wouldn't recommend laminating it... you can buy numerous calendars with the money you would spend laminating one. Its pretty sturdy, as long as you keep it out of your child's reach, or teach him/her to respect it.

My son and I have really enjoyed going through the days of the week each day. It has a great variety of holidays. I wish it included Canadian holidays as my son is dual citizen. But I plan on making them myself and adding it to the set.

For the price I paid, and the enjoyment and education my son is getting from it - this is a great product.

I think this is a good product for learning. I have a class of 2 yr olds and they enjoy learning.

MY KIDS WERE DELIGHTED & SO EXCITED TO SET THEM UP I THEIR ROOMS. LOTS OF PAPER PIECES, ANY RIPPED WHILE TRYING TO SEPERATE THEM. NO MEANS OF ADHESIVE TO PUT ON THE MANY PIECES! STILL A FUN ITeM PROMOTING TEACHER & SCHOOL PLAYING & GREAT FOR LEARNING FOR YOUNGER KIDS.