Happy #WorldBookDay 📚
Developing a ❤️ for reading is a key way to ensure that children are able to thrive in Canada.
What is your favourite children's book?
Wondering why things have been so quiet around here lately?
HIPPY Canada is now tweeting as @MothersMatterC. Follow @MothersMatterC today to stay in touch with HIPPY Canada!
The second of two Celebrations of Reading took place in Ottawa at @opl_bpo this past weekend to launch the 2019 Adopt-a-Reader campaign. Thank you @CSCVanier for hosting two great and memorable events for the 100 participating families! #AdoptAReader#lovereading#Ottawa
Yesterday, our team sorted through 3,000 (!) children's books generously donated by @FirstBookCanada. We can't wait to hand them out to the refugee families in our new Reviving Hope and Home program! #lovereading#earlyliteracy
We transitioned from HIPPY Canada to our new identity as the Mothers Matter Centre — Proud Home of the HIPPY Program in Canada. Follow our new account @MothersMatterC to stay updated! #ThursdayThoughts
DYK? We transitioned from HIPPY Canada to our new identity as the Mothers Matter Centre — Proud Home of the HIPPY Program in Canada. Follow our new account @MothersMatterC to stay updated!
Raising children to have pride in their heritage while growing up in a new culture is a challenge lots of parents face these days. Listen to Enna from Nanaimo, HIPPY mom and Home Visitor, practicing an Indonesian song with her daughter #globaldayofparents
Himani, one of our 2018 Because Mothers Matter Award Recipients, credits the HIPPY program with giving her the opportunity to learn transferable skills and facilitate her labour market entry into her chosen profession. Read her full story https://t.co/JRhEsUQl8F #hippyworks
Are you spending your day off with family and friends? For immigrants like Tania, HIPPY can be the first, crucial step to connect with people in their new home. Today, Tania is a HIPPY Home Visitor herself, helping other women to overcome language barriers and isolation.
Congratulations to our Director of Multi-Cultural Programs, Wazi Kapenda, for being honoured as an “Immigrant Women of Inspiration” by Canadian Immigrant! https://t.co/zLl0bHa8Aq
Most small children live their lives in quite a limited environment. #Reading stories to #children can show them far-flung places, extraordinary people and eye-opening situations to expand and enrich their world.
Read here: https://t.co/qrQsdWIzIB
#AdoptAReader#FamilyLiteracy
There is an easy way to improve your child's chances at school. It will entertain and delight him. It will strengthen the bonds between him and you. And it is virtually free.
The magical method: taking time to read aloud to your child.
https://t.co/cAKcqOoMwb
#AdoptAReader
The time you spend cuddling with your kids, reading them a story, is a priceless experience. More and more studies are proving how beneficial reading with a parent is for developing children.
https://t.co/8nQvNwqOnw
#AdoptAReader#FamilyLiteracy#Parenting