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  6. Family Reading Challenge 2025

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    It’s cold and gray in Cambridge, but reading can take your family anywhere! Celebrate books this month with Let’s Talk and the Center for Families.

    Where is your favorite place to read with your child? When does your family read together? What is your favorite book to read aloud? Share your reading with us!

    Cambridge dads, moms, and kids: how are you reading together this January? Let us know and receive a free book, available for pick up at the Center for Families!

    Final – Reading Challenge 2025Download

    How to participate: Read books with your child! Submit a photo and/or a sentence telling us the title of the book and something you liked about it—or you can answer the reading questions above. Get a free book!

    Submit your entry on Facebook or Instagram @LetsTalkCambMA, or text 617-475-0616! Your photos must be submitted between Jan. 13 and Jan. 27, 2025.

    Participating in the Reading Challenge gives us permission to post and share responses on social media, including responses sent via text message. One entry is accepted per week.

    Contact 617-475-0616 with questions!

    Sponsored by Let’s Talk and the Center for Families.

    The Center for Families is funded by the City of Cambridge, the Coordinated Family and Community Engagement grant from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, Children’s Trust, Cambridge Public Schools, and the Cambridge Health Alliance. Let’s Talk! is funded by the Cambridge Public Health Department and the City of Cambridge.

  7. Winter 2025 Playgroups

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    There are 3 types of playgroups this winter. Pick the one that works best for your family!

    For Cambridge families with children 15 months to 4 years old.

    1. Winter Playgroup at Moses Youth Center on Mondays from 10-11:30! You must register for this group by 1/9.
    Moses Winter 2025Download

    2. Winter Playgroup at Fresh Pond Apartments Community Room on Tuesdays from 10-11:30! No need to register! Just come by.

    Winter 2025 FPA Drop InDownload

    3. Winter Explorers Outdoor Group on Wednesdays at 10:30 at Fresh Pond Reservation. No need to register! Just come by.

    Winter Explorers 2025Download

    Playgroups sponsored by Center for Families and Let’s Talk!

    Questions? Contact Kim Tran, 617-349-6385, ktran@cambridgema.gov

  10. Family Literacy Bingo 2024

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    Cambridge families with children birth to 8  years – celebrate National Family Literacy Month this November by playing Family Literacy Bingo with your child. Talk, read, play, sing, tell stories and have fun together! Win a children’s book for getting 5 in a row!

    Print out an age-appropriate bingo board (one for birth to 3 years or one for 4-8 years ) or pick one up at the locations listed below.

    Birth to 3 years old-Bingo Board:

    Younger FLFD 2024 Bingo BoardsDownload

    Four to 8 years old-Bingo Board:

    Older FLFD 2024 Bingo BoardsDownload

    Pick Up Locations:

    • Cambridge Public Library branches
    • Center for Families, 51 Inman Street

    How To Play:

    • Together with your child, pick a square, and do the activity
    • Mark the box with an “X” when finished
    • Mark 5 boxes in a row (top to bottom, left to right, or diagonally) to get Bingo
    • Take a photo of the board and send it in by text, email, or social media by November 30, 2024 to win a children’s book.
    • Want to do more? Complete the whole board to win a 2nd children’s book

    To win a book, send a photo of your Bingo by November 30:

    • Text: 617-475-0616 Email: agendaforchildrenliteracy@gmail.com FB or Instagram: @LetsTalkCambMA

    Questions? Call (617) 475-0616

    Brought to you by: Agenda for Children Literacy Initiative, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge Public Schools/Title 1 & Home-Based Program, and Center for Families