May

This month follows these theme related ideas:

Shape:	Hexagon/Rhombus
*Color*:	Blue
Nursery Rhyme:	Old Mother Hubbard
Song:	Row, Row, Row Your Boat
*Suggested Stories:*	The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
*Sensory Material:*	Add food coloring to water

MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI
Play leap frog with stuffed animals.	Go through a story book and find letters that are the same as the first letter in your child's name. Read the story.	Make home made bubbles and blow them outside.	Put water in the sensory pan and add blue food coloring.	Snip colored paper strips into small pieces. Glue on edge of a paper plate to create a picture frame.
Name adult and baby animals (i.e. dog-puppy, cow-calf, goose-gosling, horse-colt, etc.).	Draw a self-portrait.	Say the nursery rhyme "Old Mother Hubbard." Count the blue things in your cupboard.	Play a game outside (or inside if it is raining).	Drive to the top of Grand Dad's Bluff. Draw a picture of what you see.
Watch a sunset. What colors do you see?	Visit the library. Sign up for the summer reading program.	Read a book (outside on a blanket if it is nice).	Make a fruit salad. Use a plastic knife to cut the fruit.	Find an ant hill and watch the ants.
Make a hexagon with 6 craft stickers or 6 pencils that are the same size.	Say the nursery rhyme of the month and pretend to be a dog today.	Visit the Visitor's Bureau at Riverside Park. Get ideas for summer activities or adventures.	Go for a walk. Find 5 different kinds of leaves (on trees or plants).	Visit a park. Bring a snack or a picnic lunch.

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

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