Early Childhood Activity Calendar

Children's Activity Calendar
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February 2001


				1 Make a story block. Draw or cut out pictures and paste them on all sides of an empty milk carton. Let your child tell stories by turning to the different pictures.	2 Groundhog Day Plan a "TV Blackout" night. Instead of watching TV, read aloud or play games with your child.	3
4	5	6	7 Make Valentines and send them to special friends. Either use purchased cards or make your own out of colored paper. Let your child write or trace his or her name on each.	8	9	10 Cut five different sizes of hearts out of paper. Mix them up and place them in a pile. Let your child line up the hearts from smallest to largest.
11 Name four things that begin with the "B" sound. Now create a poem or story using the four "B" words.	12 Abraham Lincoln's Birthday	13 Teach your child the "Golden Rule" (treat others as you would like to be treated). Talk about what it means and how it can be followed.	14 Valentine's Day	16 Play the "Color Game." Point to solid-colored objects and ask your child what the color of each is. Repeat the name of the color and let your child guess the first letter in each word.	17	18
19 President's Day	20	21	22 George Washington's Birthday Play "Search and Match" With your child. Collect as many pairs of shoes as you can find in your house Mix them up and place them in a pile. Let your child match up the shoes in pairs.	23	24 Talk about the difference between night and day. Let your child draw a "night" picture and "day" picture. Print the words "day" and "night" on each. Let your child trace the letters.	25
26 Help your child write and send a letter to a friend. Decorate it with markers or crayons.	27 Let your child help set the table for dinner. Let the child practice counting out forks, plates, or cups.	28 Ash Wednesday

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