Welcome to the Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library

When is Family Literacy Day?
Family Literacy Day takes place annually on January 27 to celebrate adults and children reading and learning together. Families are encouraged to spend at least 15 minutes enjoying a learning activity. In 2011, the theme for Family Literacy Day is Play for Literacy!


How do you Make Literacy Fun?
Parents – do you want to help your children improve their literacy skills, but find it difficult to engage them? Make literacy fun! Literacy is more than reading and writing – there are so many fun games that you can play together as a family to help everyone improve their skills, and spend quality time together!



How can you Celebrate Family Literacy Day?
Play with your family on Family Literacy day to encourage a love for learning. ABC Life Literacy Canada and the Centre for Family Literacy offer these fun play-based literacy activities that the whole family will enjoy:
Host a family game night where everyone is encouraged to read instructions, actively participate and keep score. Invite another family over for a friendly competition! Driving in the car doesn’t have to be boring. Turn off the radio and play fun games involving signs, billboards and license plates. Play an active game such as ‘Simon Says’, which improves comprehension skills. Open a book and make up a story using just the pictures. Follow a recipe to make a batch of cookies. Not only will it help improve math skills but there’s also a yummy treat at the end! Card games like ‘Go Fish’ help children learn to articulate sounds and improve memory development. Have a scavenger hunt! Give your kids a list of items that have been hidden around the house and ask them to find them.
All the above information was taken from the ABC Life Literacy Canada. For more information, visit their website: http://abclifeliteracy.ca/

WEB RESOURCES

Building Literacy Skills Every Day http://www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/quicktips/main.html Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy http://www.clel.org/content/six-early-literacy-skills-0 Early Literacy Activities Gayle’s Preschool Rainbow http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/alphabet.htm Early Literacy Tips for Parents http://www.brighthub.com/education/earlychildhood/articles/43236.aspx Quick Clicks: 7 Tips for Encouraging Early Literacy http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=567 Telus Learning Connection Project Centre http://www.earlyliterature.ecsd.net/ University of Missouri http://extension.missouri.edu/hes/childcare/promoteliteracy.pdf

A Selection of Non-Fiction Books

The Power of Play by David Elkind

The Knowledge Deficit by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.

And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon! by Pam Schiller and Thomas Moore

Teaching Kids to Read for Dummies by Tracey Wood

A Selection of Activity Books

Sing! Play! Create! by Lisa Boston

The Everything Toddler Activities Book by Joni Levine

Brilliant Brain Games for Kids to Enjoy by Bonnie Macmillan et al.

Audiovisual Material

Literacy in motion [sound recording] CDJ-MUSIC J L776

Literacy and essential skills tools [DVD] LANG-DVD 374.0124 L776

More than words on paper [DVD] LANG-DVD 374.0124 L7762