🧶Are you a knitter or would you like to learn? Are you someone who cares about the reading lives of children? Join us Family Literacy Day (Jan. 27) for Left Unread’s first Pink Hat Knit-along! 💖📖
This project is inspired by the picture book ‘The Pink Hat,’ which closes with an uplifting march of neighbours in pink hats. Pink is the colour of Left Unread, a movement that champions each child’s #RightToRead along with local organizations. 💞
Wondering how to approach important conversations about your child's progress? This amazing toolkit from Understood helps you prepare and make the most of parent-teacher meetings!
https://t.co/q1o8WDTEhP
#abstudents#yycstudents#yycfamilies#yycparents#abed#readingisaright
📖 💖 How can you help a child learning to read? https://t.co/ZQOWym1whm is a free tutorial for caregivers with great takeaways! It's hosted by @BBBSCalgary so anyone can help a child become a stronger, more confident reader. ✨
#yycstudents#yyckids#weeread#earlyliteracy
It's true that low literacy is a serious public health concern at the root of so many other issues. Fortunately, together, we can help ensure no child is #leftunread...
“When you don’t have early identification, you also can’t provide the instructional supports that a child needs… it’s been really easy for Albertans to ignore the fact that there are more and more kids struggling to read.”-Steacy Pinney #NoChildLeftUnread
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It’s time to #Take10ToRead! Reading something you enjoy can help you relax and boost your mood. That’s why we’re joining the @nationalliteracytrust on Oct. 10 at 10 am to read for 10 on #WorldMentalHealthDay.
Learn more: https://t.co/1lS8Czprn2
#Take10#calgaryreads#yycreads
#Take10toRead is a campaign to increase reading for pleasure by promoting the mental wellbeing benefits of reading. Reading is a great way to relax & boost your mood. ☺️📘
Will you join us in taking 10 minutes to read at 10am on Thursday Oct. 10, #WorldMentaHealthDay!?
🩷🧡We close our #LeftUnreadStorybooth series with a hopeful, uplifting message from Jenna, a teacher candidate and reading tutor who struggled with reading herself as a child.
📺 Watch this at https://t.co/szgI2ocfyd
Sometimes, all you need is a safe, cosy, colourful place to read. 💖📖
In this #LeftUnreadStorybooth conversation, meet Karn of Youth Centres of Calgary Ogden. Here how a Reading Place and a little one-to-one reading time is making a difference for these #yyc kids.
Many cultures are rooted in oral storytelling. How can we help immigrant families to also spark a love of reading & books?
In this #LeftUnreadStorybooth, meet Malaika, a teacher candidate at @mrulife who moved to Canada from DRC, Africa...
https://t.co/xyT3rPjNmY
Did you know the human brain is not naturally wired to learn how to read? If a child doesn't get help 'cracking the code' of reading, it can affect them all their years in school and life...
In this #LeftUnreadStorybooth video, we hear from Pam...
https://t.co/3oMRXmve3C
Pam is the Literacy and Program Director for Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta (LDAA) and a leader in the learning disability sector.
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