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Family Literacy

 
“We think of family literacy as a way to teach reading in family settings, and that’s actually a very small part of what happens in family literacy programs.”  - Dr. Denny Taylor

Family literacy is also known as intergenerational learning. It looks at how parents, children and other caring adults use literacy in their everyday lives at home and in their communities. There are opportunities to create shopping lists, follow recipes, sort socks, throughout the day and these are opportunities to learn together. Family literacy programming can take many different forms, as well. 
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For more information on Family Literacy, take our free eLearning course, Family Literacy 101 (COMING SOON).
Family Literacy Tool Kit 
Second edition, published in 2022

When organizing Family Literacy events for your own school, organization or group, please check out our Family Literacy Tool Kit.
Designed for educators, facilitators, anyone organizing events for kids and adults, it has activity ideas, information about literacy and event planning tips.  Download or request a hard copy.
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Learning With Your Child Booklet

"Learning with Your Child" offers tips to stimulate a child’s love of reading.  Designed for parents and caregivers of children from birth to five years old, the booklet explains how to create age-appropriate activities.This resource was developed by the Yamaska Literacy Council and Literacy in Action, through a project funded by the Townshippers’ Foundation. Download or request a hard copy.
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Family Literacy Day - January 27

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​In 1999, ABC Life Literacy declared January 27 to be Family Literacy Day, a day “to raise awareness about the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family.”

Literacy Quebec often holds events to increase awareness and create events for families to spend time together.

Past events include:
  • A Conversation with Dr. Denny Taylor 
  • A Conversation with Raffi about the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring 
  • Monkey Rock Music LIVE Rock 'n' Roll Sing Along for Family Literacy Week Virtual Concert
  • Drag Storytime with Uma Gahd video series 
  • ​Jeremy Fisher Concert for Family Literacy Week 

Visit our social media for the latest events and activities
Literacy Quebec
4590 rue de Verdun suite 206
Montreal, QC 

H4G 1M3
Toll-free: 1-855-890-1587 
Phone: 514-508-6805 

info@literacyquebec.org 
www.literacyquebec.org
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