November 2025 (PDF)

Daily literacy-building activities to share with your child.
NOVEMBER 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
Create a list of things to do 
this month. Hang it up where 
everyone can see. Have your 
child check off items as they 
are completed.
	 2	
PLAYING
Make a story box and  
tell stories together.
(Instructions  
are on the  
back. 
)
	 3	
TALKING
At the end of the day talk 
about everything that 
happened. What did you like 
best about today?
	 4	
SINGING
Have a family 
sing-along. 
Each person 
gets to pick a 
favorite song.
	 5	
COUNTING
Draw a large pizza decorated 
with toppings. Divide it into 
slices using a marker or 
scissors. Ask your child, “Can 
you count the slices? Each 
one is part of our pizza.”
	 6	
READING
Read a book that won the 
Caldecott Medal. The library 
will help you find one based 
on what your child likes.
	 7	
WRITING
Draw a map of your 
neighborhood. Include 
landmarks your child knows. 
The park, the library, the red 
house on the corner.
	 8	
PLAYING
Go on a walk and collect 
leaves. Ask questions.
What color is that leaf? Are 
those two leaves the same or 
different?
	 9	
TALKING
Talk about your favorite 
books. Which do you like 
best and why? 
	 10	
SINGING
Recite “Rub a Dub Dub”
(Words are on the back. 
)
	 11	 COUNTING
Roll a small ball back and 
forth. Count to ten with each 
person saying  
a number  
each time  
they roll the ball.
	 12	 READING
Read fiction and nonfiction 
books about fall.  
Your library  
has lots to  
choose from!
	 13	
WRITING
Provide a variety of stickers 
and a blank sheet of paper. 
Ask your child to create a 
scene or tell a story with 
stickers.
	 14	 PLAYING
Make a blanket tent. Pretend 
you are sleeping there 
overnight. What will you 
bring? Read a book together 
in the cozy tent.
	 15	
TALKING
Wish upon a star tonight. 
Recite “Star Light, Star 
Bright.”
(Words are on the back. 
)
	 16	
SINGING
Sing a favorite rhyming song. 
Stop at the end of a line and 
have your child fill in the word.
(See “Twinkle, Twinkle Little 
Star” on the back. 
)
	 17	 COUNTING
Fill a jar with small objects 
and have your children 
estimate how many are in 
the jar. Then count together 
to see who was closest.
	 18	 READING
Snuggle together and read 
two favorite books and one 
new book you haven’t read 
yet.
	 19	
WRITING
Draw your 
child’s name in 
big puffy letters. 
Color them in 
together.
	 20	 PLAYING
Take turns naming animals 
and making animal sounds.
	 21	
TALKING
Talk about opposites. Reach 
high to the sky and low to 
the ground. Take a big step 
and a little step.
	 22	 SINGING
Play favorite songs. Bounce, 
tap, clap to the rhythm.
23	COUNTING
See how many cotton balls 
you can fit into a variety of 
different-sized containers.
How many fit in this cup? How 
many can fit in your pocket?
	 24	 READING
Use your finger to follow 
along with the words in the 
book as you read to your 
child today
	 25	 WRITING
Make a book with your child. 
Draw letters and pictures to 
tell a story. Tape the pages 
together.
	 26	 PLAYING
Go for a morning walk. Walk 
slow. Walk fast (toddler 
pace). Repeat.
	 27	 TALKING
Rhyming Day! Incorporate 
rhymes wherever you can. 
Look at the birds, they fly 
high in the sky.
	 28	 SINGING
March to a drum. Use any 
empty container to act as 
a drum. 
29	 COUNTING
Use rulers, measuring 
tape, or even footsteps to 
measure different objects 
around the house or outside.
	 30	 READING
Read a book about winter.
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
First Snow
by Bomi Park
Odd Beasts: Meet Nature’s Weirdest 
Animals
by Laura Gehl
FOR READERS 
AGES 3+
Hiders Seekers 
Finders Keepers – 
How Animals Adapt in 
Winter
by Jessica Kulekjuan
Goodbye Autumn, 
Hello Winter
by Kenard Pak
Listening to nursery rhymes and songs is an 
early literacy experience that helps children 
understand how language and stories work. 
Recite rhymes and sing songs with children from the time they are infants. This 
helps them become aware of and then play with the sounds in the words. Many 
rhymes tell a story with a beginning, middle, and end. This shows children how 
stories work and that events happen in a sequence. Good readers understand that 
stories and books have a beginning, middle, and end. After reciting a rhyme or 
singing a song ask your child about the song. What happened at the beginning? 
What happened at the end?
RUB A DUB DUB 
Rub a Dub Dub
Three Men in a Tub
And Who Do You Think They Be?
The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick 
Maker
And All of the them Out to Sea
MAKE A STORY BOX
1.	 Use a small box and decorate it together. 
Label it Story Box.
2.	Find random pictures with no words 
to add to the story box. Use family 
snapshots, advertisements from 
magazines, and other pictures.
3.	At story time each person takes a picture 
(without peeking) and tells a short story 
about the picture.
TWINKLE, TWINKLE, 
LITTLE STAR
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT 
Star light, star bright,
The first star I see tonight;
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.