What is Family Literacy Day?
Family Literacy Day takes place every January 27th to raise awareness about the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family. Since 1999, thousands of schools, libraries, literacy organisations and other community groups have taken part in the initiative.
Events and activities can be found here.
Alberta.ca says . . .
Family Literacy -- it only takes 15 minutes of fun!
Doing an activity together as a family for just 15 minutes a day can help develop long-lasting literacy skills in children and strengthen the literacy skills of adults.
Family Literacy Day was created in 1999 by ABC Life Literacy Canada. The day raises awareness of:
- the importance of reading
- doing other literacy-related activities as a family
Activites can be as easy as:
- reading or making up a story together
- playing a board game
- singing a song while cleaning the house
- reading signs while riding in the car
More information can be found here.
Calgary Public Library is there for all your literacy needs!
Introducing Family Reading Kits here. Explore the joys of reading with your family!
Happy reading!
