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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. Simply go to TLE’s Facebook page and look for the Family Yoga post! You can even view past episodes…just scroll through our posts.

TLE’s Facebook Page: Look for our Yoga post!

Play to Learn with Yoga

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Benefits of Mindfulness

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Welcome to TLE’s Storytime with the featured story: EXTRA YARN

It looks like an ordinary box of ordinary yarn.
But it turns out it isn’t.

Story by Mac Barnett

Illustrated by Jon Klassen

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Welcome to TLE’s Storytime with the featured story: THE BEAR ATE YOUR SANDWICH

Bear meets sandwich, adventure ensues. . . . An irresistible treat of a story!

Story by Julia Sarcone-Roach

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Welcome to TLE’s Storytime with the featured story: DRAGONS LOVE TACOS

Dragons love tacos. They love chicken tacos, beef tacos, great big tacos, and teeny tiny tacos. So if you want to lure a bunch of dragons to your party, you should definitely serve tacos. Buckets and buckets of tacos. Unfortunately, where there are tacos, there is also salsa. And if a dragon accidentally eats spicy salsa . . . oh, boy. You’re in red-hot trouble.

Story by Adam Rubin

Illustrated by Daniel Salmieri

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Welcome to TLE’s Storytime with the featured story: THE BLUR

From the very beginning, there was something different about this child… An ultrasonic voice. Fantastically elastic limbs. Super-magnetic powers. But it wasn’t until the child took her first steps that she became: THE BLUR!

Story by Minh Lê

Illustrated by Dan Santat

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Welcome to TLE’s Storytime with the featured story: STICKING WITH YOU

A gorgeously warm, funny book about everything a friendship can be – for anyone who’s ever had a friend.

Wherever you’re going, I’m going too.
Whatever you’re doing, I’m sticking with you.

It’s wonderful to have good friends to see you through the good times and the bad. But sometimes, friends can also be a bit . . .
well . . . overbearing.

Story by Smriti Prasadam-Halls

Illustrated by Steve Small

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