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JANUARY 2021 Daily literacy-building WWW.PLA.ORG activities to share with your child. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 WRITING 2 PLAYING Draw the numbers 2021 and Play ‘Riddle Me.’ color them with your child. I’m white and cold and fun to Talk about the new year. play in. What am I? Yes! Snow! Take turns o ering riddles. 3 TALKING 4 SINGING 5 COUNTING 6 READING 7 WRITING 8 PLAYING 9 TALKING Have a conversation about Sing “The Rhyming Weigh your child and write Visit the library (or the With your child write Create a small obstacle Talk about colors. Ask your winter. Ask your child, “What Word” song. it here ______ . Save the library’s website if the (and talk about) course and give your child child what their favorite is your favorite thing about (Words are calendar and measure building is not open) and important dates directions. color is and share what your winter?” Tell what your on the back. ) again in June. check out a book. on a 2021 Go around the chair, go over the favorite color is. Talk about favorite thing is about winter. calendar. book, pick up the spoon, turn things that are those colors. around, and come back. 10 SINGING 11 COUNTING 12 READING 13 WRITING 14 PLAYING 15 TALKING 16 SINGING Pick a song your child is Measure your child’s height Use your finger to With your child write Play ‘Follow the Leader.’ Do Talk about food. Make up silly songs about familiar with and act it out and write it here ______ . follow along with the “Birthday” on each day in things and ask your child to Which food do you each think is everyday activities. while it is playing. Save the calendar and words as you 2021 that is the birthday of a do the same. the most delicious? What do you This is the way we make the bed, measure again in June. read aloud to family member. Talk about Touch your head, Turn around, want to have for dinner? make the bed, make the bed. your child today. what you are doing. Sit down. This is the way we brush our teeth, etc. 17 COUNTING 18 READING 19 WRITING 20 PLAYING 21 TALKING 22 SINGING 23 COUNTING Count snacks. Be a reading role model. Let Write a list of things to do Go on a scavenger hunt. Take out a few ice cubes. Sing a favorite song in a Measure your feet day! Line Put them in separate small How many crackers are there? your child catch you reading today. Have your child check Look for things that loud voice and then up all the family’s shoes and bowls. Help your child place a book, a newspaper, or a o each as it is completed. begin with S. a quiet voice. boots. Whose are biggest? them around your home, magazine. Shoe, sock, soap. The smallest? including outside. Talk about which melts first. 24 READING 25 WRITING 26 PLAYING 27 TALKING 28 SINGING 29 COUNTING 30 READING Read a book about winter. Draw the outline of your Let’s dance! Play favorite Say the nursery rhyme “Hey Take turns singing parts of Say the “Five Little Ask your child questions child’s hand on a piece of songs that will inspire your Diddle Diddle.” (Words are the ABC song. Sing it fast Snowmen” rhyme. (Words while you read to them on the back. ) 31 WRITING paper. Write the date and child to do di erent things and sing it slow are on the back. ) today. What do you think Talk about how funny it is. The Make an alphabet poster have your child “sign” the like jump and spin around. cow jumps over the moon? The will happen next? Where with large and colorful letters. drawing. Save it. little dog laughs? The dish runs did the little dog go? away with the spoon? You have been your child’s teacher from the day he or she was born. Books to Read You know more about your child than anyone else, and you are in the best position to help your child get ready to read. Whether your child is four days old or four years this Month old, it is not too early or too late to help him or her develop pre-reading skills. You can help your child learn language and other early literacy skills with simple and fun activities like those in this calendar. THE RHYMING WORD SONG Check out these books at the library. If they are not available, ask the librarian for a recommendation. Do you know two rhyming words, rhyming words, rhyming words? Do you know two rhyming words? They sound a lot alike. Cat and bat are rhyming words, rhyming words, rhyming words Cat and bat are rhyming words. They sound a lot alike. FOR READERS AGES 03 CHANGE UP THE RHYMING WORDS TO CREATE NEW VERSES. FOR EXAMPLE: Besos for Baby by Jen Arena Play and day are rhyming words, rhyming words, rhyming words . (Text is in English and Spanish) “More, More, More,” Said the Baby HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE FIVE LITTLE SNOWMEN by Vera B. Williams Hey Diddle Diddle Five little snowmen standing in a row, (Hold up five fingers) The Cat and the Fiddle FOR READERS The Cow Jumped Over the Moon Each had a hat and a big red bow. (Put hands on head and then neck) AGES 3+ The Little Dog Laughed Out came the sun and stayed all day, Arctic Animals To See Such Sport (Circle arms overhead) by Jill McDonald And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon And one little snowman melted away. (Slump down) A Big Bed for REPEAT WITH , , , , UNTIL NO SNOWMEN ARE LEFT. Little Snow by Grace Lin FEBRUARY 2021 Daily literacy-building WWW.PLA.ORG activities to share with your child. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 WRITING 2 PLAYING 3 TALKING 4 SINGING 5 COUNTING 6 READING Use a red crayon to keep Play the yes-no game. Ask your child questions Clap along to a favorite Look at a calendar together. Pick a book to read a list of all the red things “Is the sky blue?” “Is it morning?” that have more than a song. Emphasize the slow Count the number of days together. Stop reading you see today. Red car. Red “Is our dog’s name Spot? yes or no answer. What parts and the until Valentine’s Day. Draw a before the end and ask your truck. Red door. Write it is something fun we did fast parts. heart around February 14 child, “What do you think down with the red crayon! today? What is something will happen? fun we can do tomorrow? 7 WRITING 8 PLAYING 9 TALKING 10 SINGING 11 COUNTING 12 READING 13 WRITING Let your child scribble and Go on a scavenger hunt. After reading together, talk Recite “Twinkle, Twinkle, Count your steps today. Set up a reading routine: Letters are everywhere. draw, encourage them to Look for things that start with about interesting words in Little Star” (Words are on From the bedroom to the read after naps Today look for the letter “sign” their name on their the “f” sound, like fruit, feet, the book. the back. ) kitchen. From the front door and before that your child’s first name drawing. face, fork. to the corner. All the way bedtime. begins with and show them back home. when you find it. Ask your child to also look. 14 PLAYING 15 TALKING 16 SINGING 17 COUNTING 18 READING 19 WRITING 20 PLAYING Happy Valentine’s Day! Sing Talk about your family’s Sing “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” Recite the rhyme “One, Two, Look at the covers of books Trace shapes and letters in Play store. Set up a little “The More We Get Together.” plans for the day. What is together. (Words are on the Buckle My Shoe.” (Words are before reading them. Talk a shallow pan of flour, salt, store with items in your (Words are your child excited to do or back. ) on the back. ) about what the books might or baking soda. house and take turns being on the back. ) see? be about. the shopper and the check- out clerk. 21 TALKING 22 SINGING 23 COUNTING 24 READING 25 WRITING 26 PLAYING 27 TALKING Introduce a new word to Sing a favorite song Pick a number of the day. Point out signs everywhere Make a chart of family Use masking tape to make Talk about concepts like describe how you feel. Say together. Change the Call it out wherever you today. Explain what they say preferences. List family lines or shapes on the floor. “on” and “o ” when you put “I feel joyful” rather than words to make it silly or see it! and how they help. member names and their Walk along the tape like a on and take o hats and “I’m happy.” to incorporate your child’s favorite colors, favorite flavor pretend balance beam. jackets. name. ice cream, favorite fruit, etc. 28 SINGING Make music with things you have in the house—pots, pans, spoons, and sing and dance around to the music you make. How we read to children is as important as how often we read to them. Books to Read No matter what your child’s age, reading together with your child—or shared reading—is the single most important activity that you can do to help your child get this Month ready to read.