PARENT INVOLVEMENT FAMILY FUN CALENDAR

Have Fun With Your Family!

November, 2010
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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Family Literacy Look for pretty Cuddle up and read Take your kids to Fabulous Friday – Teach your child a
Day leaves on the way (turn off the TV). the grocery store. watch a favorite TV nursery rhyme.
Take the kids to the home from school. Help them make a show together with
library. list and find the subtitles on.
items on it.

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Take the kids to the Cuddle up with hot Draw silly portraits Walk around your Make dinner with Make PBJ Take your child to a
park and play chocolate and read together. house or apartment the kids – mac and sandwiches and cut museum or art
soccer. books for a half and count the cheese with raw them into shapes gallery.
hour. windows. veggies is simple with a cookie cutter.
and nutritious.
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Take the kids to the Have breakfast at Make pizza Find baby pictures PARENT Make a birdfeeder- Take a walk and
park and play school with your together with and make a “Me” INVOLVEMENT roll a pine cone in look for
baseball. child. English muffins, book. DAY peanut butter and Thanksgiving
sauce and grated Volunteer at your bird seed. decorations.
cheese. child’s school.
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Ride bikes to the ice Ask the kids to help Get out a tape Make a pie Thanksgiving – Look at ads in the Make a holiday
cream shop. Count sort laundry. Sort by measure and together. enjoy turkey newspaper together card list and help
the flavors and color, item, owner, measure the dog, together. Ask the – cut out pictures the kids to make
enjoy one! etc. cat or a stuffed kids to make a and glue them onto colorful cards.
animal. centerpiece. paper.

28 29 30 Governor Crist has proclaimed

Take the kids to the Look for holiday Ask the children to
beach or to the lights in your make place cards November Parental Involvement in
lake. Look for water neighborhood. for the dinner table
birds. Draw a picture of - eat dinner Education Month
them. together.
 Family Fun Facts

Did you know?

™ Children who eat dinner around the table with their families do better in school.
™ Children who take family trips do better in school. Simple, free trips to the park or library are as good as expensive trips away
from home.
™ Children who are read to frequently read earlier and better.
™ Children who see their parents read regularly are likely to read more themselves.
™ Spending 30 minutes a day with your child can help them to achieve better grades in school.
™ Children love to spend time with their parents!
               (Facts from Harvard Family Research Project, wwww.hfrp.org)

Websites for parents and educators:

Florida Parental Information & Resource Centers (PIRCs):
    Florida PIRC at USF:       www.floridapirc.usf.edu
    Florida PIRC of FND:      www.floridapirc.org
Project Appleseed: www.projectappleseed.org
Be There Campaign:     www.bethere.org 
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