Crop Planning: seasons, yields and records

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I'm learning "Crop Planning: seasons, yields and records" on The Future Market. Lesson 1: "Map your season".

What the lesson teaches:
- The Philippines has two big seasons in PAGASA's description: a rainy season from June to November and a dry season from December to May. The dry season is split into a cool dry period (December to February) and a hot dry period (March to May). PAGASA groups the country into four climate types based on how rainfall is spread through the year, so your region may differ. Use your regional Department of Agriculture office for local crop calendars.
- In Canada the main limit is cold, not rain. Growers plan around the last spring frost and first fall frost for their own town. Ask OMAFRA, your provincial agriculture ministry or a local extension office for the dates for your area. Do not borrow dates from another region.
- A crop calendar has four dates for each crop: start seeds (or buy transplants), plant out, first harvest, last harvest.
- Work backwards from your buyer. If a restaurant wants lettuce in June, count back from June to find your seeding date.
- Keep a weather and planting diary. Your own farm's history becomes more useful than any general chart.
- Date to find - Where to look
- Wet and dry season (Philippines) - PAGASA climate page, regional DA office

The exercise I'm working on:
Make a twelve-month calendar for three crops. Mark the local season dates you got from your agriculture office, and write the four dates for each crop.

I'm stuck. Please:
1. Explain the main idea in plain, simple words with one everyday example.
2. Walk me through the exercise one small step at a time. Ask me what I've done so far before giving the next step.
3. Don't just give me the final answer. Help me do it myself, and check my work when I share it.

I'm a parent helping my child (about 8 years old) with a lesson called "Map your season" from the course "Crop Planning: seasons, yields and records".

Here's what the lesson says:
A farm year is like a school year. There are times to plant, times to wait and times to harvest, and you cannot move them around. So you draw the year on a calendar first, before you buy a single seed.

The activity:
Make a twelve-month calendar for three crops. Mark the local season dates you got from your agriculture office, and write the four dates for each crop.

Please explain this so an 8-year-old understands: short sentences, a fun everyday example, and no hard words.
Then give me 3 simple questions I can ask my child to check they understood, and a way to do the activity together, one tiny step at a time.