2017 Early Literacy Calendar
A Year of Fun and Simple Early Literacy Activities!
Help your child
get ready to read and write
by doing one fun and simple
activity a day!
Five Best Practices to help your child get ready to READ:
TALKING—Stretch your conversation, tell SINGING– Sing a song and clap along. Singing
slows down language which helps break down
stories, use new words, ask questions!
syllables.
WRITING—Draw pictures and have your child
describe what they drew. Write letters to
friends or close relatives. Provide a variety of
writing tools.
READING—Curl up with a book or make it a
bedtime routine. Role model the love of
reading together.
PLAYING– Play various games that stretch the imagination and develop oral skills.
Pretend to be a princess, firefighter or cook!
January 2017
Sun
1
Mon
Tue
Help your child get ready to read and write with these FUN and
simple activities that help foster and grow pre-reading
skills in your child. Questions? Ask a helpful Youth Librarian!
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
2
Play “Can’t Touch the
Floor.”
3
What words rhyme
with SNOW?
4
Sing “Happy Birthday”
to one of your stuffed
animals.
5
Write a note or draw a
picture and mail it to
someone.
6
Play “I Spy” in your
kitchen.
7
8
Talk about the today’s
weather.
9
Pretend you are ice
skating in your socks!
10
How many words can
you think of that begin
with J?
11
Read a snowman story.
12
Make a grocery list
using pictures from a
circular.
13
Sing the ABCs backwards and forwards.
14
Spend time outside
today, naming colors
you see.
15
Make a necklace using
noodles or dry cereal.
16
Move and make sounds
like your favorite zoo
animal.
17
Toss rolled up socks
into the laundry with
your right and left
hands.
18
Practice writing your
name.
19
How many toys can
you pick up in 60
seconds?
20
Make a list of all of
your family members.
21
22
Call someone special
on the phone.
23
Have some quiet
reading time today.
24
25
Lay on your stomach
Play “Simon Says.”
and pretend to fly like a
superhero!
26
Read a book with a
blue cover.
27
Pretend you are on an
airplane. Where are
you going and what will
you do?
28
Use pillows and
blankets to make a
pretend house or fort.
29
Pick a letter and look
for that letter
throughout the day.
30
Learn and practice a
funny joke.
31
Read a book about a
dog.
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Year!
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February 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Help your child get ready to read and write with these FUN and
simple activities that help foster and grow pre-reading
skills in your child. Questions? Ask a helpful Youth Librarian!
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Think of as many red
foods as you can.
2
Read a book featuring
animals. Use different
animal voices.
3
Read a non-fiction book
about your favorite
animal.
4
Take a walk outside.
How many things can
you find that start with
the letter “D?”
5
Play with play dough!
6
Try a new food and
describe how it smells,
feels and tastes.
7
Make up a story
starring your stuffed
animals. Act it out.
8
Place a long rope in a
straight line and walk
across the “tightrope”
without falling.
9
Cut out paper dolls and
color them!
10
Shine a flash light
against a wall or
ceiling and make
shadow puppets.
11
12
Fill a cookie sheet with
salt or sand and
practice writing your
name.
13
How many words can
you think of that rhyme
with “hug”?
14
Use craft supplies
around your house to
make a valentine for
someone special!
15
Check out a new music
CD from the library.
Choose a song and
dance!
16
Put beans or rice
inside plastic eggs and
tape them shut. Shake
your new shaker egg to
the beat of a
favorite song!
17
Make a snow angel!
18
String a piece of yarn
with your favorite
looped cereals to
make an edible
necklace.
19
Sing “Head, Shoulders,
Knees, and Toes.”
Sing it really fast. Sing it
slowly.
20
Look at something
upside-down through
your legs. Does it look
different?
21
Tear colored paper into
different shapes. Make
something new with
the torn pieces.
22
Trace your hands on a
piece of paper and
number each finger.
23
Lay down on the floor
and make a stuffed
animal “fly” by holding
it in your ankles.
24
Find a coloring page and
color outside the lines.
25
26
Try saying the alphabet
backwards!
27
Have some quiet
reading time today.
28
Build a blanket fort and
fill it with your favorite
books and toys.
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Library!
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March 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Help your child get ready to read and write with these FUN and
simple activities that help foster and grow pre-reading
skills in your child. Questions? Ask a helpful Youth Librarian!
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Have your child draw a
picture and dictate the
story to you while you
write it down.
2
Make pancakes and
spell out your name on
them in fruit pieces or
chocolate chips.
3
Sing Mary Had a Little
Lamb while making
music with pots and
pans.
4
Go for a walk outside
and find 5 things
shaped like a circle.
5
Pour cornmeal, flour or
sugar onto a cookie
sheet. Practice writing
letters, shapes and
designs.
6
Read a book with an
animal in the story.
7
Wrap tape sticky side
out over an entire ball
and play catch. Talk
about the way it feels.
8
Check out a kids cookbook from the library
and pick out a recipe
that you both want to
try.
9
Read and follow the
recipe from yesterdays
cookbook to make a
new food together.
10
Practice cutting skills
with child scissors and
straws.
11
12
13
Draw faces on old
socks to make sock
puppets. Have them
talk to each other.
14
Use tongs or tweezers
to move cotton balls
from one container to
another.
15
Sing The Hokey Pokey
while doing
movements together.
16
Use any recording
device to create your
own audiobook story
together.
17
18
Put lines of tape on the
floor and number
1-5. Take turns seeing
how far you can jump.
19
Easy Playdough:
2 cups flour; 1 cup salt;
1 Tbs oil; 1 cup cold
water; 1 packet koolaid. Mix well!
20
Go for a walk outside
and count how many
birds you see.
21
String circle cereal onto
a pipe cleaner to make
a bracelet and then eat
it.
22
Write down how many
words you can rhyme
with cat and ball.
Which one had more
rhyming words?
23
Sing Row, Row Row
Your Boat while
partner rowing (sit
holding hands while
rocking back & forth).
24
25
Sing Old McDonald had
a Zoo. Look for a book
with one of the animals
in it at the library
tomorrow.
26
Sing Head Shoulders
Knees and Toes slow at
first then repeat
increasing the tempo
each time.
27
Build a reading fort
with pillows and
blankets.
28
Draw a picture for
someone in your
family.
29
Read a book to your
favorite stuffed animal.
30
Tape a popsicle stick to
a small plate and blow
up balloons. Play
Balloon Badminton.
31
Make a picture chart of
everyday sounds then
go outside on a Sound
Safari and mark off
which ones you heard.
Daylight Savings
Repeat Hickory Dickory
Dock rhyme together
from numbers 1 to 12
First Day of Spring!
St. Patrick's Day!
Read a book with a
green cover.
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April 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Help your child get ready to read and write with these FUN and
simple activities that help foster and grow pre-reading
skills in your child. Questions? Ask a helpful Youth Librarian!
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Play color “I Spy”
where you find
different colored items
in the room
2
Talk about feeling
words: happy, sad,
scared, lonely, mad,
embarrassed.
3
Use spoons and pots as
drums to play the beat
while you sing.
4
Do a puzzle.
5
Make a list of your
family members.
6
Draw pictures of your
favorite foods.
7
Have a colored themed
lunch today.
8
9
Read a story and talk
about the characters.
10
Practice writing the
letters in your name.
11
Sort socks together: talk
about size, color and
pattern.
12
See how many colors
you can name in your
kitchen.
13
Read a book and talk
about the parts of the
book: cover, back, etc.
14
Make up a song about
what you did over the
weekend.
15
Talk about your favorite
things to do in the
spring.
16
Ask a Librarian to help
you find a great book.
17
Pretend you are
jumping in puddles in
the rain. SPLASH!
18
Sing one of your
favorite songs to a
favorite person!
19
During bath time, name
parts of the body: waist,
wrist, ankle, heel, etc.
20
Use a pipe cleaner or
yarn, and cheerios to
string a bracelet.
21
Draw as many shapes
as you can think of:
circle, triangle, square,
etc.
22
23
Sing “Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star.”
24
Finger paint with yogurt
or pudding.
25
Sprinkle some sugar on
a cookie sheet and
write letters in the
sugar.
26
Draw a picture of what
you see from a window
in your house.
27
Use a paper lunch bag
to make a puppet and
tell a story.
28
Help Mom or Dad write
the shopping list.
29
Find a book about
spring time!
30
Play music and move to
the beat.
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May 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Play Simon Says.
2
Apple begins with “A”.
Make a list of “A”
words.
3
Talk about textures by
feeling them and
describing the
differences.
4
Find a new author and
read a book.
5
Pretend to be a
dinosaur and stomp
around the room.
6
Make bath tub paint by
combining shaving
cream and food
coloring.
7
Find a book and read to
your favorite stuffed
animal.
8
Sing “Old
MacDonald.”
9
Move like animals - hop
like a bunny, swim like a
fish, etc.
10
Replace all the words in
a song with your child’s
name and sing together.
11
Look at cans of food.
Do you recognize any
words or letters?
12
Go for a walk and have
a shape hunt.
13
14
Happy
Mother’s Day!
Hug and say “I Love
You.”
15
Try standing on one
foot. Can you jump up
and down?
16
Play with play dough.
Try rolling it in balls and
“snakes.”
17
Use paper rolls to make
binoculars and talk
about what you see.
18
Read a story. Before
reading, look at the
cover and predict what
the story is about.
19
Check out a music CD
and dance together.
20
Make “Cloud Dough” by
using 4 cups flour and
1/2 cup vegetable oil for
a fun sensory activity.
21
Make up silly rhymes.
Nonsense words are
fine!
22
List objects that come in
pairs, i.e. shoes,
mittens, etc.
23
Go outside and play
with chalk. Try writing
letters or words.
24
Let your child “help”
make dinner and talk
about what you’re
doing.
25
26
Build a block tower.
As you read a book,
Count the blocks in your point to the words.
tallest tower.
28
Sing “The Wheels on
the Bus.”
29
Re-read a favorite book.
Leave out some words
to see if the child can
say them.
30
Talk about opposites.
Play a game where the
adult says a word and
the child says a rhyme.
31
Sing “Twinkle, Twinkle
Little Star.”
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June 2017
Sun
Mon
4
Blow bubbles.
5
11
Fish Freeze Dance Swim while the music
plays and freeze when it
stops.
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Sing “Row, Row, Row
Your Boat.”
2
Go on a walk and talk
about the colors of
flowers you see.
3
What sound does a
snake make? A bee?
Talk about and make
animal noises.
6
Cut out/have a child cut
out pictures from a
magazine and use glue
to make a collage.
7
Make ice boats with ice
cubes, toothpicks and
triangle sails for water
and sensory fun.
8
How many words can
you think of that rhyme
with “fish?”
9
Sing the ABCs.
10
12
Put some paint in a Ziploc baggie and use your
finger to write shapes
and letters.
13
Let your child pick a
new book and read it
together.
14
Buy or make brown
playdough. Put sand in
for texture.
15
Fill a large container
with water and drop in
items to see if they sink
or float.
16
Count body parts - one
nose, two ears, etc.
17
Make a card for your
daddy or someone special.
18
Happy Father’s Day!!
Hug a daddy today.
19
Let your child use a
flashlight in a dark
room and talk about
what you see.
20
Read the book
“Rainbow Fish” and
make a fish shape from
torn paper.
21
Talk about the parts of
a book and the right
way to hold a book.
22
Teach your child to sort
toys.
23
Read a nonfiction book
about weather or
nature.
24
25
Use brushes outside
and “paint” with
water.
26
Crawl like a turtle with
a pillow on your back.
Try not to lose your
“shell.”
27
Read a story and retell
it in your own words.
28
Listen to music and
dance together.
29
Use chalk to play
hopscotch.
30
Snuggle up together
and re-read a favorite
book.
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July 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Eat a red, white and
blue snack.
2
3
Make a list of places
you’d like to visit this
summer.
4
Talk about sights,
sounds and smells.
5
Follow a recipe and
make a fresh fruit
smoothie.
6
9
Read a book with a red
cover.
10
Go outside and look for
things that are blue.
11
Pretend you’re a crab.
How does a crab walk?
16
At bedtime, talk about
all of the places you
went today.
17
Sing “Row, Row, Row
Your Boat” and pretend
to row.
23
Look for the triangle
shape everywhere you
go today.
24
Build a tower out of
pillows and knock it
down!
30
Tape paper underneath
a table and try
drawing upside down.
31
Let your child play
dress up in some of
your clothes and shoes.
Go outside with a small
bowl of baking soda, and
slowly drop vinegar into
it. Volcano!
8
Take some toys outside
to wash with sponges
and soapy water.
7
Learn how to say the
number “seven” in a
different language.
12
Have a pretend car
wash with buckets,
sponges and trikes/
bikes.
13
Who is the next person in your family with
a birthday? Draw a
picture for him/her.
14
Ask your librarian for a
wordless picture book.
Make up the story
together.
15
Try making homemade
ice cream or popsicles.
18
Find a book about a
place you’d like to visit
and learn about that
place.
19
Set a timer and see
how long you can
balance on one foot.
20
Pretend one of the
stuffed animals is sick.
How will you take care
of it?
21
Draw with sidewalk
chalk outside, then dip
the chalk in water and
draw some more!
22
25
Sing “Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer” and
pretend it’s winter!
26
Read a book
featuring a cat.
27
Draw shapes and
practice cutting them
with scissors.
28
Clap the syllables for the
names of everyone in
your family.
29
Find a quiet reading
spot outside and relax
with some books.
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August 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Play with play dough.
2
Color a picture in a
coloring book.
3
Read a classic folk or
fairytale.
4
Pick out and read a
non-fiction book today
about a sea creature.
5
Sing “Baa, Baa Black
Sheep.”
6
Have a pretend picnic
with stuffed animals.
Use paper plates to
draw your “meals.”
7
Make a block city.
Count the blocks. Try
stacking them high.
8
Check out a new music
CD from the library.
9
Have your child rip
pictures out of a
magazine and then glue
the pieces to make a
collage.
10
Cut up a straw and use
the pieces to form
shapes or letters. Can
you spell your name?
11
Point to the words in a
book as you read. This
helps make the
connection between
written and spoken.
12
13
Practice writing letters
in the sand at the
beach, playground or
sandbox.
14
Let your child play with
sponges in the bath or
pool. Squeezing helps
develop fine motor
hand muscles!
15
What words rhyme with
dog? Think of as many
as you can and be silly!
16
Find all the green things
you can in your
kitchen.
17
Sort shoes and line
them up from biggest to
smallest OR by
color.
18
Pretend to be different
animals and make their
animal noises.
19
Form letters out of pipe
cleaners.
20
Play catch. Shout letters
and numbers as you
toss the ball.
21
Fill a bottle with noodles
or rice. Hide small items
inside. Play I Spy with
the items.
22
Go for a walk and find
as many round things as
you can.
23
24
Sing a favorite song fast, Make up a story and
slow, quiet and loud.
draw pictures to go with
it.
27
Finger paint with yogurt
or pudding.
28
What is your favorite
food? Why is it your
favorite?
29
Hide several items
around the house and
turn off the lights. Have
your child try to find
them with a flashlight.
30
Make your own
bubbles: 1 cup light corn
syrup, 2 cups dish soap,
6 cups water. Let set 4
hours.
31
Cut up the front piece
of a cereal or other food
box to make your own
puzzle.
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26
Make a tic-tac-toe
board on the floor with
tape. Use bean bags and
throw them to get three
in a row.
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September 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
Help your child get ready to read and write with these FUN and
simple activities that help foster and grow pre-reading
skills in your child. Questions? Ask a helpful Youth Librarian!
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Read a favorite book
and pretend to be a
character from the
book.
2
Create a picture
together using things
you see outside.
3
Use a large cardboard
box to make a race car.
4
Blow bubbles outside.
Pop them with different parts of your body.
5
Sing “I’m a Little Teapot.”
6
Go on a nature walk
outside. What can you
find that is green?
7
Read a book and then
watch the movie. Talk
about what is different.
8
Have a picnic inside or
outside.
9
10
Read under a blanket
today with a flashlight.
11
Play with a balloon by
counting how many
times you can bounce it
before it hits the
ground.
12
While you listen to
music, use an empty
container and spoon to
drum out the beat.
13
Use playdoh to create
the perfect pretend
meal.
14
During bed time, sing a
song together and talk
about what you did
today.
15
Fill a bag with various
items and have your
child reach inside and
guess what they are
touching.
16
Go on a letter hunt and
see what letters shapes
you can find in the
world around you.
17
Look at pictures of farm
animals and talk about
what sounds they
make.
18
Staple some pieces of
paper together and
make a book about
your favorite things!
19
Dress up and pretend
you are a superhero.
20
Make a ribbon stick
with any stick, ribbon/
streamer and tape.
Dance around to music
and have fun!
21
Use colored tape to
make a “road’ on your
floor and play with
cars.
22
While dinner is being
made, close your eyes
and describe what you
hear and smell.
23
Go to the park and talk
about locations like up,
down, around, under,
in, out, etc.
24
Sing the alphabet song.
25
When saying a rhyme
like Hickory, Dickory,
Dock, say it in a high
and low voice.
26
Pretend you are going
to the zoo. What animal noises can you
make?
27
Read a book by looking
at the pictures. What is
happening in the story?
28
Use yarn and tape to
make an obstacle
course in the hallway.
29
When reading a rhyming book, pause and
see if your child can
guess the word.
30
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October 2017
Help your child get ready to read and write with these FUN and
simple activities that help foster and grow pre-reading
skills in your child. Questions? Ask a helpful Youth Librarian!
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
1
Make a card for a
special person and mail
it to them.
2
Line up items and talk
about beginning,
middle and end. Don’t
forget to count them.
3
Look at family photos.
Compare what is
different and what is
the same.
4
Let your child help you
with the shopping list.
5
How many words can
you think of that start
with the letter B?
6
Pretend to cook using
play food and real pots
and pans.
7
8
Have an orange for
lunch today.
9
Use scrap paper to
practice cutting and
ripping.
10
Have a quiet reading
time today.
11
Play with play dough.
12
Pretend to be leaves
and pretend to fall to
the ground.
13
Go into a dark room
and play with a
flashlight. Talk about
what you see.
14
Do leaf rubbings with
thin white paper and
peeled crayon pieces.
15
Draw a picture of your
house. Use crayons to
color it. Talk about
what you drew.
16
Build with blocks.
17
Use tongs to pick up
cotton balls. Count
them as you drop them
into a container.
18
19
Pick a favorite book and Pretend you are a
read it together.
rocket ship. Count
backwards from ten
and then blast off!
20
Look for pumpkins of
different size and
shape. Big, small, fat,
thin, etc.
21
22
Rake a pile of leaves
and jump in it!
23
Talk about the weather
you see today. What is
your favorite weather
and why?
24
Count stairs as you go
up and down today.
25
Make a bird feeder:
cover a paper tube in
peanut butter and roll
in bird seed.
27
Sing a favorite song.
28
Go on a listening walk.
How many sounds can
you hear?
29
Practice using scissors.
30
31
Read an Alphabet book. Happy Halloween!
26
Tape three crayons
together for your child
to use to draw
rainbows.
Sat
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November 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
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simple activities that help foster and grow pre-reading
skills in your child. Questions? Ask a helpful Youth Librarian!
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Start a thankful list for
the month: Have your
child dictate or write
down one new thing
each day.
2
Blend 1 cup pumpkin
puree; 1 banana; 1 cup
milk; 2 tbsp brown
sugar; 1/4 tsp cinnamon;
1/4 tsp vanilla.
3
Write the numbers 110 on individual pieces
of paper. Tape down to
the floor to make
indoor hopscotch.
4
Say humpty dumpty
rhyme. Make humpty
out of paper, cut up &
use band-aids to put
back together.
5
Make tightrope on floor
with tape. Walk slowly
across while balancing
a beanbag on your
head.
6
7
Use permanent marker How old are you? Read
to write a letter on each that many books today.
side of a plastic egg.
Pull apart, mix up &
have fun matching!
8
Go on a hunt to find
orange items. Count
how many you found.
.
9
Clap out the syllables for
the name of every
member in the family.
10
Sing If You’re Happy &
You Know It song and
come up with new
variations to act out
together.
11
12
Listen to an audiobook
(cd, playaway or on a
tablet).
13
Have a tower building
contest with blocks.
How many blocks high
can you build?
14
Come up with 5 words
that rhyme with dog.
15
Tape down 5 pieces of
different colored
construction paper.
Find matching colored
toys to put on each.
16
Practice cutting skills by
cutting playdough.
17
Easy Bird feeder:
String circle cereal onto
pipe cleaner. Make into
a circle and hang
outside.
18
Sing BINGO using
these words:
Farmer=mom/dad
Dog=child
Bingo=child's name
19
20
Trace your hand to
Read a book with a
make a turkey. Color it , yellow cover.
draw a face and feet.
Make turkey sounds.
21
Pretend to be animals:
Strut like a turkey, walk
like a duck, fly like a
bird, etc.
22
Pick one thing from
your thankful list and
draw a picture of it.
23
24
Call someone in your
family and tell them
what your favorite food
was at Thanksgiving.
25
26
Put on music and have
a dance party.
28
Write your child's name
on paper. Let them
practice writing by
tracing over the letters
with a highlighter.
29
Fill plastic bottle 1/3 full
of water; add several
drops food coloring; fill
close to top with oil;
put lid on & shake.
30
Read your entire
thankful list to a friend
or family member.
27
Sink or float? Put water
in a bowl. Find everyday objects and make
predictions before you
put in the water.
Happy
Thanksgiving!!
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Help your child get ready to read and write with these FUN and
simple activities that help foster and grow pre-reading
skills in your child. Questions? Ask a helpful Youth Librarian!
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Sing “Old MacDonald.”
2
Use tape to form a
large letter on the floor
and have your child
“walk” the letter.
3
Look at the clouds and
talk about the shapes
you see. Afterward, try
drawing the shapes
together.
4
Play Simon Says. Try
naming parts like
waist, neck, ankle,
wrist, etc.
5
Have a RED themed
meal today.
6
Play hide and seek.
Then talk about where
you hid: UNDER the
table, INSIDE the
closet, etc.
7
When doing laundry,
let your child help sort
the clothes into piles
for folding.
8
Play with play dough.
9
10
Use a box or blanket
and pretend to be
bears that are
hibernating for the
winter in the “cave.”
11
At snack time, use
pretzel sticks to make
different shapes and
letters.
12
Play with puzzles.
13
Do Rainbow Writing:
write a letter and have
your child trace over it
in different colors of
the rainbow.
14
In the car, let your
child pick the music.
Sing and clap to the
music.
15
Write down your plan
for the day together
and check items off the
list as you go.
16
How may words can
you think of that
rhyme with TOP?
17
Let your child practice
cutting using old
magazines,
newspapers or scrap
paper.
18
Sing “The Wheels on
the Bus.”
19
Sprinkle sugar on a
cookie sheet and draw
in it to write letters,
numbers or shapes.
20
Look for the letter “P”
today around your
house or when you go
out.
21
Trace cookie cutter
shapes on paper to
make your own
coloring page.
22
Use a favorite picture
book to play “I Spy.”
23
Let your child help you
cook or bake. Talk
about the tastes,
scents and textures.
24
Snuggle up together
and re-read a favorite
book.
31
Draw a pet picture.
25
26
Finger paint with
pudding or yogurt with
food coloring.
27
Sort coins by color and
size. Name the coins
and talk about value.
28
Write a card and give it
to someone special.
29
Talk about the new
year. Do you have any
new year resolutions?
30
Merry Christmas!
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