Importance Of Reading As A Family Highlight

The importance of literacy and reading as a family is highlighted with Family Literacy Day.

Created in 1999 and held annually on January 27th the day is to raise awareness of the importance reading and engaging in literacy activities as a family.

There will be activities in Moose Jaw over the next few days.

The Moose Jaw Literacy Network will partner with the Early Years Family Resource Centre (FRC), Early Childhood Coalition, the Moose Jaw Public Library (MJPL), the Palliser Regional Library, Regional Kids First, and the Ministry of Education.

There will be Story Trails and Little Libraries in Moose Jaw and area, activities at schools, libraries, and at the Early Years Family Resource Centre, during the week of January 27- February 1, 2024.  

The theme for 2025 is Learn to be Green Together!

Lots of books and activities will be provided.

Provincial proclamation

Taking time every day to read or do a learning activity with children is crucial to a child’s development, improving a child’s literacy skills dramatically, and can help a parent improve their skills as well.

Family literacy programs focus on parents as the means to improve the reading, writing and communication skills of all family members.

By reading to children and engaging in fun literacy activities, parents are actively keeping their own skills sharp while at the same time strengthening the relationship between the families and their children which, in turn, encourages lifelong learning.

Taking time every day to read or do a learning activity with children is crucial to a child’s development.

Even just 15 minutes a day can improve a child’s literacy skills dramatically, and can help a parent improve their skills as well.

It is suggested that families make a pledge as a family to learn ways to be more green. Use reuse, recyle and reduce (less electricity, conserve water) as a guide to helping our earth. Being green together is a fun way to learn as a family while being kind to the environment.

The Moose Jaw Literacy Network is a partnership between Prairie South School Division, Holy Trinity Catholic School Division, the Early Childhood Coalition, the Moose Jaw Public Library under the leadership of the Ministry of Education and the Chamber of Commerce.