January

This month follows these theme related ideas:

Shape:	Rectangle
*Color*:	Gray
Nursery Rhyme:	Jack Frost
Song:	Frosty the Snowman
*Suggested Stories:*	The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Snowballs by L. Ehlert The Mitten by Jan Brett
*Sensory Material:*	Bird Seed or Snow

MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI
Cut 3 circles to make a snowman.	Freeze juice or Kool-Aid.	Read a book.	Sing "Frosty the Snowman."	Count the rectangles in your house.
Go outside and play in the snow.	Draw a picture of what you did outside.	Help your child make the color gray using black and white paint, markers, or crayons.	Go to the library.	Bring snow from outside for your sensory pan or use bird seed.
Practice cutting out snowflakes.	Say the nursery rhyme of the month.	Name three gray animals.	Make play dough.	Add glitter to your play dough to create a "snowy" effect.
Color a picture of yourself and have your child do a self-portrait.	Give your child rectangle shapes to cut or glue.	Freeze water in any small container.	Melt ice with "Magic Melting Solution."	Cut pictures from magazines (parents trace picture with a marker for easier cutting).

BUSINESS HOURS

La Crosse Office
Monday thru Thursday 8:30AM-5PM
Friday 8:30AM-3PM
Closed first Thursday of each month.

Monroe County Offices
Monday thru Friday 8AM-4PM*
Closed first Tuesday of each month.

*Hours can vary based on schedules

Family Resources of La Crosse 1500 Green Bay Street • La Crosse, WI 54601 Phone: (608) 784-8125 or (800) 873-1768 • Fax: (608) 796-0098	Family Resources of Sparta 201 E. Franklin St. • Sparta, WI 54656 Phone: (608) 269-3151 x 6116 • Fax: (608) 366-3475	Family Resources of Tomah 310 W. Elizabeth Street • Tomah, WI 54660 Phone: (608) 374-4190 • Fax: (608) 374-4190

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