September 2015

Reading Activity Calendar (ages 0-5)

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Read a book during

breakfast this
morning.

Quack like ducks as

you talk about the
letter Q today.

Point out different

colors in your childs
bedroom. Talk about
other things that are
those colors.

Friday
4
Read a book about
going to school
today.

10

11

Visit a bakery. Ask

your child to
describe what he or
she sees and smells.

Labor Day

Sing Baa Baa Black

Sheep with your
child.

Its the ninth day of

the ninth month. Ask
your child to find 9s
around your house.

Read for 15 minutes

today.

Read a book to
your child during
bath time tonight.

Read Labor Day by

Carmen Bredeson, or
another book.

Saturday
5

Ask your child to

imagine and
describe life on the
moon.

12

Read a book under

a tree this
afternoon.

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Help your child write

the numbers 1-9.

Rah, Rah for the

letter R. Make up a
cheer as you talk
about the letter R
today.

Dance to Hawaiian
music today.

Talk about clouds.

Read Cloudette by
Tom Lictenhelp or
another book.

Read or make up a
poem today.

Make a berry salad.

Talk about the
different flavors
you taste and
colors you see.

Visit your library and

check out books
about seasons.

20

Read Circle, Square,

Moose by Kelly
Bingham or another
book about shapes.

21

Get creative by
coloring a picture
today. Talk about
the colors your
child used.

22

Teach your child to

recite Humpty
Dumpty.

23

Its the first day of

fall. Talk about what
will happen to the
leaves this season.

27

28

29

30

Collect different
types of leaves and
make rubbings
together.

Read for 15 minutes

today as a family.

Using a recipe,
have your child
help you make
dessert.

Talk about the

favorite book you
read this month.
Read it again.

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24

Help your child to

use his or her
fingers to count to
the number 9.

25

What day is this?

Talk to your child
about the days of
the week.

26

Take a family field

trip to the library.