April Monthly Activities

Point out the name of the author and illustrator of a book. Talk about what each person does.

Mother Goose Time!

Hey diddle diddle
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Can you work on writing your own story together? You can add to it every day this month.

Use a cookbook to make something new! Read the recipe and talk about the ingredients. Try to choose a healthy recipe.

What is April Fool’s Day?
Tell a story about someone who plays a trick or joke.

Practice singing the ABC’s. Talk about letters and words.

Visit Your Library!

Go to the library to celebrate National Library Week! Check out books about reading, poetry, or some fairy tales.

Read LMNO Peas! Can your child name all the different jobs that the peas do? Look for the red ladybug on each page!

Read two books to your child before bed. Ask your child about their favorite part of each one.

Have your child draw a picture of their favorite character from a book.

Find a newspaper or any item with print. See how many words your child can pick out.

Mother Goose Time!

All around the mulberry bush
The monkey chased the weasel
The monkey stopped to pull up his socks
Pop! Goes the weasel.

Help your child make and decorate a bookmark.

Spend time reading together. When your child sees you reading, they will mimic your behaviors.

Read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom together. Have fun reading the rhymes throughout the book. After you’re finished, draw your own tree.

Walk through your house or outside. See if you can find items with the first letter of your child’s name.

Can you draw a mouse like in the book Library Mouse?

Write out each letter of the alphabet. Cut them out in squares and take them around the house. Call out a letter for your child to find until they are all gone!

Mother Goose Time!

Down by the station, early in the morning
See the shiny train cars
All in a row
Waitin’ to get hitched up
And go on their adventure
Chug, chug
Toot, toot
Off they go!

Read Rocket Writes a Story. Encourage your child to write or tell you a story. If they tell it to you, write it down so you can share it with their family and friends!

Put on some music and dance! Try listening to different types of music and see how your dancing changes.

Sit down as a family and read a story.

Ask your child to tell you a story. When they finish, ask questions. This is how children learn how to tell complete stories and know you are interested in what they have to say.

Find a book with few words (try author Donald Crews). You tell one version of a story and let your child tell another.

Draw a large outline of your child’s name. Have them trace and color each letter.

Mother Goose Time!

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king’s horses
And all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

Read Wild About Books! There are lots of books mentioned throughout, how many have you read? There are also lots of animals, can you name them all?

With your child, look at the pictures in a book and guess what happens. Then read the story together to see if you were right.

Go outside and look up at the clouds. Do they look like animals, shapes or something else?

Read a story and then act it out using puppets, dolls, or stuffed animals.

Label items in your house. Practice saying the words together.

Celebrate Earth Day!

Wear something green. Talk about the things you will do to be more earth friendly today.

Find some pictures from a magazine or pamphlet. Lay them out in a row and tell a story about them.

Turn Off the TV Day!

Spend some time reading today.

Celebrate "Day of the Child/Day of the Book"

Visit your library if they are having a special program.