Topic “Family Literacy”
Today is Family Literacy Day!
Today is the 11th annual Family Literacy Day (FLD), a special day created in 1999 by ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation and Honda Canada to celebrate parents and children reading together to become lifelong learners.
Every year, families and communities across the country participate in a day of literacy-themed events. These events are put on by schools, literacy providers and libraries, and range from book sales and fundraisers to literacy-themed contests and family game nights. But all it takes to participate in FLD is 15 minutes spent with your family reading, playing a board game or following a recipe.
Today, celebrate Family Literacy Day with your family. For more information, please click here.
Robert Munsch makes special Family Literacy Day visit to SickKids® Hospital
TORONTO, ON – January 23, 2009 – On Family Literacy Day (FLD), Tuesday January 27th, join ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation, FLD Founding Sponsor Honda Canada, and officials from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids®) for a special Family Literacy Day reading to patients and their families. Capture the joy as children and their parents hear stories told by legendary children's author Robert Munsch.
Family Literacy Day a Huge Success
Thanks to everyone who participated in Family Literacy Day! Hundreds of thousands of Canadians participated in more than 1500 events across the country. Once again, thanks to all of you, family literacy was encouraged and celebrated throughout our communities. In addition, the first-ever World Record Attempt was a huge success. More than 190,000 people pre-registered to take part in the 24-hour event in the hopes to get into the Guinness Book of Records.
Don't forget to send us your documentation so we can forward it off to Guinness, where they will decide if we have broken the record. You will need to mail us your Registration Form(s), Witness Statement(s), and any photos/video/media coverage by February 6, 2009. Click here for important information on sending us your documentation.
Communities Across Canada Join in Final Countdown to Family Literacy Day
January 21, 2009 – TORONTO, ON – ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation, Honda Canada and best-selling author Robert Munsch, are rallying Canadians across the country to make family literacy a priority through national Family Literacy Day (FLD) promotions and celebrations taking place over the next week.
- Click here for more information on Family Literacy Day
- Click here to find an event in your area
- Click here for more information on the Family Literacy Day World Record Attempt, including downloadable stories and post-event information
- Click here to see our map of how many people participated in our World Record Attempt in each province across Canada
Spend A Day With Robert Munsch!
ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation recently launched the annual Munsch at Home Contest, where one lucky Canadian family will win a private home visit from renowned children’s author, Honorary Chair of Family Literacy Day (FLD) and recent Canadian Walk of Fame inductee, Robert Munsch. To enter the Munsch at Home Contest, families must write an original 250-word story together and submit it online at www.FamilyLiteracyDay.ca. The most interesting and creative story will be selected as the winner! Contest details.
FLD WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT UPDATE
ABC CANADA has received hundreds of packages of event documents, photos and videos from across the country and is currently in the process of sorting, logging numbers and preparing the information for Guinness World Records™. If you are an event coordinator who participated in the FLD World Record Attempt, but have not sent in your documentation yet, please do ASAP as we plan to send all information to Guinness for verification by the end of February.
Canadians Encouraged To Share in the Joy of Reading and Learning on Family Day, Every Day
February 13, 2009 - Toronto, ON – In celebration of Family Day being observed across parts of Canada this month, ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation encourages families to integrate reading and learning into the family fun, and every day.
"Family Day is all about families spending time together and we are asking Canadians to use some of that family time to read and learn together to help reinforce the importance of literacy in everyday life," said Margaret Eaton, President, ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation. “Spending just 15 minutes of family time learning together every day can help sharpen the literacy skills of each member of the family, and there are several ways to weave family learning into fun activities you already enjoy.”
Read All About it: Family Literacy Day 2009 a Major Success
January 29, 2009 – TORONTO, ON – ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation and Family Literacy Day Founding Sponsor Honda Canada are pleased to announce that Family Literacy Day (FLD) 2009, the eleventh year for the initiative that celebrates families reading and learning together on a daily basis, was a major success.
Oxford Learning Sponsors World Record Attempt
Oxford Learning is dedicated to promoting literacy through a variety of programs and services, so it is a natural fit to have them come on board as the official Family Literacy Day (FLD) World Record Attempt sponsor. The FLD World Record Attempt is an innovative way to show young people that reading can be both exciting and enjoyable.
Canada Set to Usher in New Year with a New World Record
ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation, Family Literacy Day® Founding Sponsor Honda Canada, and Official Family Literacy Day (FLD) World Record Attempt Sponsor Oxford Learning are pleased to announce more event news for the FLD World Record Attempt. Property developer Ivanhoe Cambridge has come on as a supporter of the initiative with at least 15 shopping centres across Canada planning to host public events. Publishers Annick Press (in Toronto) and la courte échelle (in Montreal) have agreed to make the five Robert Munsch stories to be read during the World Record Attempt available for download on the Family Literacy Day website.
Don’t miss out on this historical event! Help us break the record of 78, 791, set in the U.S. in 2006, by reading to a child for 30 minutes. Keep the events coming by registering online!
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