Calendar of Activities and Ideas
January 2017
Sunday
Monday
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
2
3
4
5
6
Takeawinterwalkasa
family.Talkorwrite
aboutthethingsyoudid
orsawwhenyouget
home.
8
9
FamilyReadingDay
ReadSnowflakeBentley
Readabooktoyour
byJacquelineBriggs
children.Havethem
Martin.Makepaper
retellthestoryintheir
snowflakestoputinthe
ownwords.
window.
J.R.R.Tolkien
Wasbornin1892.Heis
theauthorofLordofthe
Rings.Readthebookor
watchthemovie.
10
FamilySharing
Eachmemberofthe
familysharessomething
theydidatschoolor
worktoday.
TriviaDay
Triviaisfun.Dazzleyour
friendsorfamilywith
sometriviatoday.
NationalBirdDay
Findoutwhybirdsfly
south?Makeapinecone
birdfeeder.
HasthepolarVortex
arrived?Findawarm
placetoreadfor15–30
minutes..
15
Readasnowmanbook.
Makeaclaypot
snowmanorwinter
friend.
16
MartinL.KingJr.Day
VisittheKingCenter’s
digitalarchiveat
www.thekingcenter.org
tolearnaboutDr.King.
17
BenFranklin’sBirthday
HonorBenFranklinby
makingakite.Makea
taillistingatleast5
thingsheinventedor
did.
22
FamilyReadingDay
Findacozyspaceto
cuddleupandreadone
ofyourfavoritebooksor
author.
23
24
NationalHandwriting
FamilyNight
DayInobservationof GrabyourPJsandread
JohnHancock’sbirthday somewinterpoetry.
andfirstpersontosign
theDeclarationof
Independencewritea
familystoryorsenda
lettertoafriend.
29
NationalPuzzleDay
Whatisyourfavorite
typeofpuzzle?Jigsaw,
crossword,Sudoku?Find
oneanddoasafamily.
30
Grabthenewspaper.
Findasectionyoucan
readasafamily.Then
discussthearticlewhile
havingacupofhot
chocolate.
HappyNewYear
ReadHappyNewYear
AroundtheWorldby
SylviaWalker
31
JackieRobinson’s
Birthday
ReadaboutJackie
Robinsonandwhathe
didforbaseball.
11
12
AmeliaEarhartDay
What’syourfavorite
AmeliaEarhartwasborn partaboutwinter?Write
todayin1897.Reada
aboutitinyourjournal.
bookorgoonlinetofind
abouther
accomplishments.
13
BookSwap
Swaportradeabook
withafriend.After
readingeachother’s
booktalkaboutwhat
youlikedordisliked
aboutthebook.
7
Gotothelibraryand
findsomebooksabout
penguinssuchasMr.
PoppersPenguinsor
TackythePenguin.
14
JanuaryisNational
HobbyMonth.
Visitthelibrarytofind
somebooksabouta
hobbyyouenjoy.
18
ThesaurusDay
ReadTheRightWord
RogetandHisThesaurus
byJenBryantand
MelissaSweet.Usea
thesaurusinyour
writing.
25
FamilyReadingNight
TurnofftheTVandall
devices.Everyonereads
for30minutes.
19
FamilyReadingNight
Makesomepopcornto
enjoywhilereadinga
goodmysteryor
adventurebook.
20
InaugurationDay
Writeanacrosticpoem
usingtheword
Inauguration.Sharewith
familyorafriend.
21
NationalHuggingDay
Hugsarespecial.Givea
hugtoyourfamilyand
friendstoday.ReadHug
MachinebyScott
Campbell.
26
27
NationalGeographic
Societywasfoundedin
1888.Asafamilywatch
theNationalGeographic
channeltoday.
28
ChineseNewYear
Celebratetheyearofthe
Roosterwithafamily
dinnerofChinesefood
orreadSamandthe
LuckyMoneybyKaren
ChinnorAmericanBorn
Chinese.ByGeneLuen
Yang.
Shareabookwitha
youngersiblingtoday.