Ideas for February Literacy fun!

With the cold month of February upon us, you are anything like my family, you are feeling cooped up in your homes and running out of ideas to keep your kids engaged in learning.  I found some great tips at the library of how to help your little readers continue to improve their reading and writing skills at home.
Read
-Read a book about groundhogs and go outside to see if you can see your shadow.
-Check out an I Spy book from the library and spy all of the objects in the book.
-Match pictures with the letters that they start with.
-Glue dried lentil beans onto the letters of your name that have been traced on a piece of paper.
Writing
-Make a list of friends you would like to make a Valentine for.
-Make valentine cards and write your name on each of them.
-Write the letter "O" and draw a picture inside it.