March 2025 (PDF)

Daily literacy-building activities to share with your child.
MARCH 2025
S U N D A Y
M O N D A Y
T U E S D A Y
W E D N E S D A Y
T H U R S D A Y
F R I D A Y
S A T U R D A Y
	 1	
WRITING
Using masking tape, write 
your child’s name in large 
letters on the floor. Trace 
each letter by walking on it 
or by pushing a toy car.
	 2	
PLAYING
Go for a walk outside, see if 
you can spot the following:
A Squirrel; A Car; A Tree;  
An Airplane
	 3	
TALKING
Play show and tell to build 
speaking confidence. 
Everyone chooses 
something they’re interested 
in and talks about it.
	 4	
SINGING
Sing about what you are 
doing.
This is the way we eat our food, 
eat our food, eat our food. This 
is the way we put on our shoes, 
etc.
	 5	
COUNTING
Have your child help you 
prepare a recipe by helping 
measure and count cups 
and spoonfuls.
	 6	
READING
Write ‘Yes’ on one sticky 
note and ‘No’ on another. 
Ask your child questions and 
have them hold up the sticky 
note that matches their 
answer.
	 7	
WRITING
Practice drawing facial 
expressions. Draw a happy 
face, a sad face, a surprised 
face, an angry face, a silly 
face.
	 8	
PLAYING
Pretend you and your child 
are diving in the ocean. 
What might you see? 
Describe the beautiful 
marine life you see.
	 9	
TALKING
Point to and name body parts.
Where is your mouth? Where are 
your ears? Where are your toes?
	 10	
SINGING
Gather some household 
items to use as instruments. 
Have a fun parade marching 
around the house singing 
and making music.
	 11	 COUNTING
Say or sing “Five Little 
Froggies.”
(Words  
are on 
the back. 
)
	 12	 READING
Show your child a selection 
of books. Ask  
which they’d like  
to read first,  
second, etc.
	 13	
WRITING
Invite your child to help 
you write an email or text 
message to a relative. Show 
how you pick out the letters 
on the keyboard.
	 14	 PLAYING
Line up chairs and pretend 
to drive a city bus. Take 
turns driving and being 
the passenger. Call out the 
stops!
	 15	
TALKING
Use a block to pretend to 
talk on the phone. Hand the 
block to your child and say, 
“They want to talk to you.”
	 16	
SINGING
Sing or say and  
act out “Here  
is the Beehive.”
(Words are on  
the back. 
)
	 17	 COUNTING
Use masking tape to 
measure yourself and your 
child on a wall. Compare the 
sizes. Who is taller? Who is 
shorter?
	 18	 READING
Share what you are reading 
with your child. Read aloud a 
portion of a magazine, book, 
or newspaper that you are 
reading. 
	 19	
WRITING
Write a shopping list 
together. Take it to 
the store and check 
off the items as they 
are selected.
	 20	 PLAYING
Pretend to be birds.  
Flap your wings  
and whistle 
and tweet. Talk  
about your favorite birds.
	 21	
TALKING
Spring is here! Talk about 
what to expect in Springtime 
like warmer weather, rain 
and mud, flowers and trees 
beginning to blossom.
	 22	 SINGING
Sing and dance “The Hokey 
Pokey.”
(Words and actions are on 
the back. 
)
23	COUNTING
Build block towers, counting 
the blocks while you build.
	 24	 READING
Make labels for common 
items in your home.
	 25	 WRITING
Create a writing box 
together. Include paper 
and crayons. Decorate the 
outside and leave it within 
easy reach of your child.
	 26	 PLAYING
Make a tent with sheets and 
furniture. Pretend you are 
camping. What do you see? 
What do you hear?
	 27	 TALKING
Have your child “interview” 
family members or friends 
with fun questions. This 
encourages them to ask 
questions and listen actively.
	 28	 SINGING
Create simple rhythmic 
patterns using claps, taps, 
and snaps. Ask your child to 
repeat the pattern.
29	 COUNTING
Collect a variety of rocks 
and pebbles. Write numbers 
on each. Help your child put 
them in order.
	 30	 READING
Take turns telling stories. 
	 31	
WRITING
Draw and decorate the 
alphabet together.
W W W . P L A . O R G

Check out these books at the library. If they are not available,  
ask the librarian for a recommendation.
Books to Read 
this Month
FOR READERS AGES 0–3
A Spring Stroll in the City
by Cathy Goldberg Fishman
Pitter Pattern
by Joyce Hesselberth
FOR 
READERS 
AGES 3+
¡Vamos!  
Let’s Go Eat!
by Raúl the Third
The Midnight 
Babies
by Isabel Greenberg
Playing to learn new words.
Play is one of the best ways for children to learn language and literacy skills. Play 
helps children feel a sense of accomplishment and self-confidence. This motivates 
them to try new experiences and not to give up when something seems difficult. 
Also, it’s fun!
HERE IS THE BEEHIVE
Here is the beehive. (Make a fist)
Where are the bees?
Hiding inside where nobody sees.
Watch them come creeping out of the hive,
One, two, three, four, five (Release one finger at a time 
from the fist/hive)
BUZZ-ZZZ (Wiggle fingers)
FIVE LITTLE FROGGIES
Five little froggies sat on a shore. 
(Crouch like a frog)
One went for a swim, then there were four. 
(Pretend to leap and swim off)
Four little froggies 
(Crouch like a frog)
Looked out to sea. 
(Put your hand at brow and look out to sea)
One went swimming, and then there were three. 
(Pretend to leap and swim off)
Three little froggies said, “What can we do?”
One jumped in the water, then there were two. 
(Pretend to leap and swim off)
Two little froggies sat in the sun. 
(Crouch like a frog)
One swam off, and then there was one. 
(Pretend to leap and swim off)
One little froggie said “This is no fun!”
He dived in the water, and then there were none!
THE HOKEY POKEY
You put your right foot in
You take your right foot out.
You put your right foot in
And you shake it all about.
You do the hokey pokey
And you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about.
REPEAT WITH “LEFT FOOT,” “RIGHT HAND,” “LEFT HAND,” 
AND “WHOLE SELF”!