Share these bright and colorful reproducible calendars with your library’s families. Based on the Every Child Ready to Read practices of reading, writing, singing, talking, playing (and now counting), each download contains twelve months of learning activities, book lists, nursery rhymes, and more!

On one side is a calendar with daily skills-building activities and the other contains supplementary content like nursery rhymes, early literacy tips, song lyrics, or suggested reading material. The calendar pages are also customizable with each containing a designated spot to add your library’s logo and contact information. Use these calendars to help your library’s patrons engage in early literacy activities every day of the year.

Herrick District Library (Holland, Mich.) has incorporated the 2020 Early Literacy Calendar into its online resources by creating a gallery of early literacy activities and caregiver tips, which includes on-demand videos of children's librarian sing-a-longs, book recommendations, and PDFs of the calendar. View their gallery to get ideas on how to maximize the 2021 calendar activities in your library!