A PLAY to LEARN
MOVE into LITERACY activityYoga 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.
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Take a virtual tour of these fabulous world museums! Below is a variety of programs that the public can access remotely to keep themselves entertained, stimulated and inspired.
Supporting perseverance can be as easy as:
Print the certificate
Help your child personalize their “I CAN DO IT!” perseverance certificate by adding drawings or words that celebrate their perseverance and growth!
Let your child lead the creative process – there’s no right or wrong way to celebrate perseverance! Display their finished certificate somewhere special at home as a reminder of how amazing they are when they keep trying.
Drawing prompts to encourage:
Word ideas to add:
Raise a reader with TLE’s Gummy Bear Stories! Each story is filled with exciting activities and creative ideas designed to make reading a fun, meaningful family experience. Explore the themes and messages together to inspire learning through play and discovery — and treasure the time spent connecting with your child.
Calling all heroes! Join the League of Super Readers! Through the BookStart Journey program, your child will embark on reading adventures. Become a Super Reader today! Taking the time to read together as a family will allow you time to connect and spend time together.
The story continues – check back for new books, activities and resources!
Super Reader missions and adventures can pop up anytime! Check back to discover your next reading power-up and watch your child’s love of learning soar!
Watch your child’s library grow! Every page opens doors to family fun and learning! No time to read? No problem! Each story comes with ready-to-watch videos, hands-on activities, and helpful resources that make learning effortless. Have fun! Check back often to discover our latest books!
Join our Super Reader adventure where every child discovers their reading superpower! Select the child’s age group for reading tips and books that make a Super Reader!
FREE FAMILY LITERACY EVENTS
Check our calendar for our Gummy Bear events!
JOIN US for an engaging virtual morning of stories, songs, and crafts! Each week, your host Enza, will guide families through interactive storytelling sessions designed to spark imagination and creativity. Register to receive a craft kit. FREE for all families!
Dive into our treasure trove of family reading resources, carefully selected to spark imagination and foster a lifelong love of books. Find everything you need to create engaging reading experiences that bring families closer together.
Give your child a strong start with fun, age-perfect activities to help you teach colours, counting, ABCs, and problem-solving through everyday moments. Perfect for busy families who want to support learning through natural play and conversation!
 TLE’S FAMILY LITERACY SERIES |  MOVE INTO LITERACY VIDEOS |
 MOVE INTO LITERACY STORIES & ACTIVITIES |  FAMILY FUN YOGA WITH PHELESHIA |
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As part of our Move into Literacy project TLE has created fun, family literacy PLAY to LEARN videos:
| Move into Literacy PLAY to LEARN Activities | Move into Literacy Family Fun Yoga with Pheleshia | Move into Literacy Stories and Activities |
Bedtime Stories, Fairytales & Folktales: Kid-Tested, Moral Short Stories in English FOR FREE.
Welcome to The Learning Exchange (TLE) Winter and Holiday Activities page. Here you will find fun and exciting ideas and activities for all ages and members of the family to do! Visit this page for new activities & resources and look for new additions over the holidays.
These snowman activities and recipes are engaging, fun, and full of literacy skills, math skills, and STEAM skills! Children learn to count, follow directions, read, problem solve and experiment or to just have fun being creative!
Books introduce children to the exciting world of stories and help them learn to express their own thoughts and emotions. Find favourites on these free online story sites.
Music stimulates all the senses, helping children learn to recognize patterns and sequence. Early music exposure helps children learn by promoting language, creativity, coordination, social interaction, self-esteem and memory.
| Winter Hokey Pokey | Winter Songs for Kids | The Kiboomers | Winter Snowman Dance | Wintertime is Here Song | The Kiboomers |
Spending time with family helps create a better life for your kids. Have fun together with these activities.
Few months present as many multicultural celebrations as December. From Christmas to Kwanzaa, the last month of the year is a “world of holidays.” Click on the links below for lots of fun family-friendly activities related to some of December’s holidays around the world.
| Holidays and Observances Around the World | Canada Calendar | Boxing Day in Canada |
| CHRISTMAS | HANUKKAH | KWANZAA |
| NEW YEAR’S |
We’d love to hear from you! Contact admin@TLEliteracy.com with comments, suggestions, or December/holiday celebrations you’d like to see featured.
Use TLE’s Family Literacy Series videos to help instil a love of reading in your child or family member.
| How to Raise-a-Reader | How Reading Helps Kids Grow | Ways to Help Kids Love Reading |
| Learning Through Creative Play | Family Literacy Inside and Outside the Home |
Bell Let’s Talk has a vision of a Canada where everyone can get the mental health support they need
Bell Let’s Talk Day is Wednesday, January 21, 2026. This year’s theme is: Taking a moment for mental health | version française
Bell Let’s Talk is a multi-year charitable program dedicated to the promotion and support of mental health across Canada. Since 2010, Bell has committed more than $180 million to support a wide range of mental health organizations, large and small, from coast to coast focusing on anti-stigma, care and access, workplace mental health and research.
Join the conversation on social media and at bell.ca/letstalk . Every interaction helps raise funds for mental health services.
Bell Let’s Talk offers a range of tools and resources to help you take action on mental health. Explore their collection of podcasts, videos, and educational materials designed to help you learn about and start conversations around mental health and mental illness. Are you a teacher who wants to address mental health in your classroom? Bell Let’s Talk has partnered with mental health experts to create practical tools to help you get started and facilitate these important conversations with your students.
Bell has created a toolkit that includes stickers, posters and activities to share with your family, friends and colleagues to help start the conversation and show your support.
Want to join in to help create positive change, but don’t know how? It’s all about having the right tools to join the conversation and help create positive change. The Bell Let’s Talk Toolkit consists of simple everyday tools that can be used to take action to support mental health, including a conversation guide, workplace activities and social media images.
To help you spread the word about mental health, we’ve created a toolkit that includes a conversation guide and helpful templates for use in schools, communities, and workplaces.
Not sure where to go to find help or who to turn to? You can refer to Bell’s list of organizations with helpful resources.
Stay up-to-date: Year after year, Bell Let’s Talk gets the nation buzzing and taking action to help create positive change for mental health. Stay up-to-date on everything Bell Let’s Talk with the latest articles, media releases and videos.
#PittanceofTime #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #Veterans
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month Canadians from sea to sea to sea are invited to take “A Pittance of Time” to reflect on what it means to be Canadian: to take a moment in quiet reverence no matter where they are and experience deep emotional heartfelt gratitude for their individuality, community, culture, safety, peace and all of the freedoms that we enjoy in Canadian life.
The song “A Pittance of Time” was inspired and composed by Terry Kelly in 1999 as a result of an incident in a drug store – when a man chose not to join other customers who were taking two minutes of silence in honour of our veterans. As Terry’s surrogate parents at the (residential) Halifax School for the Blind, were retired military women and men, Terry was determined to commit future energies towards creating a greater awareness of the sacrifices made to provide freedom and a more comfortable life for each of us!~ Terry Kelly
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