Let’s celebrate Family Literacy Day together on January 27th!
“Let’s Explore Reading” is the theme for Family Literacy Day. You can start by exploring your local library! Gather everyone up and head over or just go online to www.yolocountylibrary.org/learning/early-learners
Your family will find a reading adventure by exploring new books and reconnecting with your local library community.  Learning as a family helps to build strong literacy skills for both adults and children and it may also strengthen family bonds.  What do you want to read about as a family? Maybe you want to listen to a book together. Maybe you want to find a discount pass to a park or fun museum.
Let’s set new goals! For example, let’s learn about nature. Let’s be adventurers and explore the outdoor classroom.
Count how many times we go outside and smell the roses.
Let’s count how many steps from our school, library or grocery store it takes.
Find something new (leaf, tree, plant) ask your librarian to guide you to a reference book.
Pick a spot in a greenish area in your local park, backyard, front yard to sit and enjoy a good book.
Invite friends to come along with you on a walk or to the library to explore new books.
Take pictures of your outdoor adventures.
HAVE FUN!
Take time every day to read or do a learning activity with your children. Playing and reading are crucial to a child’s development. Not only will the children gain literacy skills, but parents and caregivers can learn and have fun as well.
Pasar tiempo juntos a menudo puede incluir lectura y narraciĂłn de cuentos. Trate de encontrar oportunidades durante las vacaciones de invierno para leer juntos. Visite su biblioteca pĂşblica local para obtener libros sobre los dĂas festivos que celebre. Nuestra biblioteca tiene una gran selecciĂłn de libros. Consulte libros sobre los dĂas festivos que se celebran en todo el mundo.
AquĂ hay otras actividades de literatura temprana que su familia puede realizar durante las vacaciones de invierno.
Elabora una lista de palabras festivas “comunes”.
Haga un libro familiar: recopile fotografĂas familiares para crear su propio libro.
Consigue tu linterna, almohada y manta. Lea sus libros bajo las sábanas.
Crea un calendario de cuántos libros has leĂdo durante las vacaciones de invierno.
Time off for the holidays? Many of us will be sharing kindness, embracing our loved ones, and making lasting memories. This is an exciting time of the year for children and there are lots of ways to include literacy into the FUN!
Spending time together can often include reading and storytelling. Try to find opportunities during the winter break to read together. Visit your local public library for books on holidays you celebrate. Our library has a big selection of books. Check out books on holidays that are celebrated around the world.
Here are other early literacy activities your family can do over the winter break.
Come up with a list of “common” holiday words.
Get your flashlight, pillow, and blanket. Read your books under the covers.
Create a calendar of how many books you have read during the winter break.
Have fun with crayons, pens, and paper. Use scratch paper and thick crayons, pencils, and pens for fun doodling and scribbling time. This is great for fine motor skills! Ask children to:
Draw a picture of you and them
Write what they want to eat
Be curious about what they draw – ask them to show you more!
Play alphabet games with toys you have at home.
Name the first letter of each toy and write it on a card.
Pick a letter card and have your child bring you toys that start with that letter.
Singing the ABC song while you move from one activity to the next:
Change the words, be silly, have fun!
Waiting for dinner to be served
Washing hands or changing clothes
Cleaning up toys
Getting in the car
Make a family book: collect family pictures to create your own book.
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