T: Dad? Dad: Yes Dad! T: What is a year? Dad: A year is how long it takes for planet earth to turn around the sun. It’s a little more than 365 days. A year is divided into several smaller periods. Do you know what a period is? T: No! Dad: A period is duration of time. It’s a measure of time. For instance, you go to after school art program for a period of 2 months. T: Is January a month? Dad: Yes. T: Is February a month? Dad: Yes! It is. T: And March and April? Dad: Yes! And, yes. T: May is my favorite month. Dad: Mine too! T: Dad, a year is how many months? Dad: You tell me! T: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - 12 months? Dad: Yes Madam! A year is, also, a few days more 52 weeks. T: 52 weeks? And a week is 7 days. Dad: Yes it is. T: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Dad: Correct. T: Why do we start with Sunday? Dad: I don't know! T: Dad? Dad: Yes Madam? T: Do weeks have names? Dad: No. They don't. T: But days have names, Months have names. Do years have names? Dad: No. They have numbers. T: Do weeks have numbers? Dad: Sort of. T: Do they have numbers? What is sort of? Dad: Well! Yes. Week 1, 2, 3 so on and so fort. T: What is sort of? Dad: Means yes and no! T: Silly! What is this week’s number? Dad: I don’t know - Silly what? T: Silly you dad! It's yes OR no. T: Silly! What is this week’s number?Is it week 25? Dad: Nope. T: Is it week 30? Dad: No. It's closer to 50. T: 50? Why 50? Dad: Because it’s closer to the end of the year. T: I want weeks to have names. Dad: Why? T: Because Dad: Because what? T: Because Dad: Now you're being silly! - Give me a good reason I let you name the weeks. T: I want to know what week is my birthday. Dad: Your birthday is in a day of a month. T: May 15th. Dad: Yes. T: Is it in a day of a week too? Dad: Of course it is. T: What week? Dad: Around week 20. T: I want to call it week 20. Dad: Then you’re numbering it. You said you want to name it. T: Oh. I want to call it “My Week.” Dad: “My” is not a name. T: Can I put my name on it? Dad: Not really. If it were to have a name it must have an exclusive name. T: What is exclusive? Dad: Unique T: Unique? Dad: Yes, Unique. A name no one else can have. T: But your friends name was June. Dad: She was not my friend. She was my friend’s wife. T: Oh. What happened to your friend? Dad: I don’t want to talk about it. T: Dad? Why was her name June? Dad: I Don't know! I never asked. T: Dad? What about “Lucky”? Dad: “Lucky” the robot dog? T: Chuckling – yes! Dad: This week is the week of Lucky! Possible! What do you, then, want to call week 21 then? Week 22, 23? T: Princess Bell. Princess Rose, Cinderella, Jasmine, Peter, Lucy, Susan, Harry Potter. Dad: Okay, Okay. T: Dad? Dad: Yes dad? T: When is Christmas? Dad: In about two weeks. T: Can I call Christmas week – Santa. The week of Santa? Dad: Sounds like a good Idea. I think we should name the weeks after an important event that took place during that period or an important person who did something in that period. T: Can you put my name on this week? Dad: I can try!
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