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Resources for Parents
Early interactions with your children, like sharing books, talking, singing, or playing, help lay the foundation for early language and literacy – essential skills for success.
Parents will find specially tailored and curated activities ranging from reading, recipes, rhymes and games specifically designed to build strong reading, writing and literacy skills in their child, and have FUN doing it!
Flit, A Family Literacy App
Android and iOS: Flit, A Family Literacy App
Join the Contest: #LoveTLEbooks
Win a Scholastic Book Bag of 50 books for the family! Your family can enter* our free draw to win!
- Take a fun picture about reading: For example, a drawing of a story or the family reading, a bookmark, a picture of a favourite story, etc.
- Post the pic to your Face Book or Twitter before midnight Dec. 31, 2020 and include the hashtag: #LoveTLEbooks
- Next, tag TLE in the post (Don’t forget to use the @ sign!!) :
- FaceBook: @TheLearningExchange1
- Twitter: @TLEliteracy
- CONTEST CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT 2020
- The winner* will be picked randomly and announced New Year’s Day! The winner will be contacted via social media.
Contest details
* Enter as often as you like!!! The contest is open to all residents of Laval, QC (18 years old +) as well as ALL Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board teachers, families and employees. The winner can select from the following book levels and have the box delivered to the home:
PreK-K | Grade 1/2 | Grade 3/4 | Grade 5+
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Grab the children and gather the family. Join Little Miss B as she reads and shares some of her favourite stories for the holidays!
The Elf on the Shelf | A Christmas Tradition
The Best Snowman Ever!
TLE is happy to share this French resource for reading with children:
Share the many pleasures of reading with your children and friends, at home or anywhere you happen to be!
Reading is a great way to have fun and share memorable moments as a family. Reading is also handy for writing someone, enjoying word games and board games, and even some video games.
You can find ways of having fun with reading along with suggestions of books for children of all ages here: www.lirecasevit.com/jouer
Use the K12 Reader Reading Instruction Resources free, printable reading comprehension passage exercises to improve reading skills! Click on the title to view the printable activities in each grade range K-12, or to read the details of each worksheet. They are free for use in the home or in the classroom. Be sure to check out the spelling words activities too!
Reading Comprehension Story Elements Character Descriptions Character Traits Main Idea Context Clues Cause and Effect Point of View Drawing Conclusions Fact and Opinion Figurative Language Literature Making Inference
Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking and growing.
February 14th is about sharing the love of books! #bookgivingday
6 Ways You Can Get Involved in International Book Giving Day!
~ by bookgivingday.com
- Subscribe to our website, join over 11,000 already committed to #bookgivingday.
- Leave a book for a child to discover, donate to a local charity. Click here for plenty of inspiration!
- Connect with others celebrating International Book Giving Day via Facebook, Twitter. #bookgivingday
- Download and print an International Book Giving Day bookmark to attach to a book you give to a kid. They’re free!
- Share a photo of yourself celebrating International Book Giving Day, use #bookgivingday on social media so we can find you.
- Invite your community to celebrate International Book Giving Day. Proudly display the #bookgivingday poster.
Try this fun Family Literacy idea to countdown the days to Christmas!
With a Christmas book countdown to Christmas calendar, instead of a piece of candy or chocolate, your child opens a Christmas picture book every day. What a great way to count the days to the holidays!!
What you need:
So how many books will you need? If you want to start your calendar December 1st you will need to decide if you countdown to Christmas Eve or Christmas day. That’s 24 or 25 books total. You can borrow storybooks from the library, gather favourite stories from around the house or from friends and family, and maybe add a few new titles.
Wrap Your Books
Wrap enough Christmas and winter-themed books for every day of your calendar and add a numbered tag to each one. Next, unwrap books daily as a family event and have fun reading! The “togetherness” is part of the joy of this engaging holiday activity. *Tip: Rewrap after the holidays for your next countdown to Christmas!
Use Your Imagination
Here’s a chance to be creative and start your family tradition!
- Stack your books from largest to smallest to create the shape of a Christmas tree.
- Stack your books to resemble a snowman
- Put all of the books in a basket or pail
- Display the books on the mantle place
- Hide your books each day for a fun twist
Other Holiday Book Traditions You Can Start
- Start a “12 Days of Christmas” tradition with a different theme for each day. Have books to read, crafts to create, and movies or special foods to enjoy.
- Keep a basket of Christmas and winter-themed books under the tree to read aloud during the holiday season.
- Use a mixture of books and movies to create your countdown calendar!
- Go outdoors to read your books about snow.
- Wrap a new book for each child to put on their beds after they fall asleep on Christmas Eve.
- Keep a collection of Christmas books that stay in a special basket during Advent.
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