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There is something magical and inspirational about LEGO. Children love building and playing with LEGO and with a little creative thinking, LEGO and Duplo blocks can be transformed from tactile toys into literacy tools! LEGO PLAY to LEARN activities offer a fresh approach to teach literacy skills to children in a fun and interactive way!

Build the Alphabet

Lego Alphabet Building Move into Literacy by TLE_literacy

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A PLAY to LEARN
MOVE into LITERACY activity

Going on a scavenger hunt while hiking is an excellent way to engage children with their learning. They can learn more about nature, colours, numbers, categorizing and much more, including problem-solving, creativity and collaboration.

Play to Learn while Hiking

Follow/print the infographic for a fun scavenger hunt or as a family, make up your own to do together.

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A PLAY to LEARN
MOVE into LITERACY activity

Yoga improves health in many ways. Family yoga gives families a chance to spend some quality time together. Yoga and mindfulness offer psychological benefits for children as well. A growing body of research has already shown that yoga can improve focus, memory, self-esteem, academic performance, and classroom behaviour, and can even reduce anxiety and stress in children.

FACEBOOK LIVE Family Yoga

Join Pheleshia on FACEBOOK LIVE for a fun and interactive story time family yoga moment! Saturdays: Sept. 23, 30 and Oct. 14, 28

FAMILY YOGA on TLE’s Facebook Page

Play to Learn with Yoga

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Benefits of Mindfulness

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A PLAY to LEARN activity

Reading and storytelling with babies and children promotes brain development and imagination, develops language and emotions, and strengthens relationships. Read and listen to stories often as a family!

Colourful Video Stories

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Read-Along Online Stories

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Liliana Tommasini writes children’s books that empower children to explore creatively and learn to ask for help when needed. Liliana will be TLE’s visiting author at Souvenir Elementary’s Storytime event as part of TLE’s Storytime project! We will hold a draw of Storytime participants and a few lucky winners will get a copy of Liliana’s Octavia Can Do It!

Octavia Can Do It!

OCTAVIA IS A SPUNKY LITTLE GIRL…

who loves to bake cookies with her Mama. Mixing flour, butter and eggs is one of her favourite things to do. Today, Octavia wants to do things differently.

When Mama steps out of the kitchen, Octavia takes over with an “I can do it” attitude. But as flour and cocoa cover the walls, cabinets, and countertops, she starts to question herself.

Will her cookies turn out as good as Mama’s cookies?

Octavia Can Do It! is the humorous story of a young girl as she discovers that even the most independent people need a little help sometimes.

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Colouring Pages

Explore Octavia’s story as a family! Print off one (or all!) of Octavia’s free children’s colouring pages and have fun colouring together.

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Interactive Worksheets

Download The Octavia Can Do It! Interactive Worksheets as a tool to help your little ones engage in the story by clicking on the link below!

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Activity Guide

This rich activity guide is exclusive for newsletter subscribers and perfect for care-givers, parents, and teachers who want to help children creatively explore.

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Octavia’s Double Chocolate Cookies recipe

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Fun and interactive activities to introduce young children to the alphabet, shapes and numbers

ABC ACTIVITY IDEAS & RESOURCES

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SHAPE ACTIVITY IDEAS & RESOURCES

NUMBER ACTIVITY IDEAS & RESOURCES

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Get the kids moving and playing with PLAY to LEARN activities like singing and dancing!

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A PLAY to LEARN activity

Songs and stories will make learning about the world around us fun and exciting for children!

Movement and play is a great way to promote learning. Let’s move and play together!

~ TLE’s Move Into Literacy Storytime and Singalong events with Enza & Shawny!

SPRING

Sing and move to Shawny’s song “It’s So Sunny“!

More Fun Songs by Shawny

Hi Hello	Go Go Stop

Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring

Listen to a story about spring:

More Great Parent Resources

Stories to Grow By

FLIT: Free Family Literacy App

TLE’s Family Literacy Video Series

A Move into Literacy Activity funded by PACTE projects:

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Congratulations to all of the winners of the wonderful storybook I Love You More, beautifully illustrated by our visiting author and illustrator Barbara Reid. What a fun way to celebrate International Children’s Book Day on April 2nd! Thank you Barbara for such a great presentation and insight into your clay artistry. With your expert guidance, the children were inspired to create awesome clay art! So many amazing new artists out there!!

I Love You More

Written by Emil Sher
Illustrated by Barbara Reid

TLE’s Move Into Literacy project is possible thanks to PACTE project funding from:

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COLOURFUL ACTIVITIES & RESOURCES
The best time to teach colours is in early childhood. Young children love colour! It catches their eye and grabs their attention. Here you can discover lots of fun and exciting activities to do together as a family that teach and reinforce colour concepts.