Why do we celebrate the new year on January 1st? In this episode, Rosie discusses how methods of developing calendars and marking time have evolved in different cultures. In our SNPit, Ash takes a look at whether mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic could have a detrimental effect on children's ability to develop emotion-reading skills.

Episode sources:

• Aboriginal Stonehenge: Stargazing in Ancient Australia
• History of our Calendar 
• Keeping Track of Time
• The Mayan Calendar System
• Explainer: the Seasonal Calendars of Indigenous Australia
• Why is the Ethiopian Calendar 7 Years Behind?
• Covering Faces Around Kids Won't Mask Emotions
• Children’s Emotion Inferences From Masked Faces: Implications for Social Interactions During COVID-19

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Music:

AhDah Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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