Family literacy starts with you!

This year we’ve developed a section just for you, the adult! Complete with an adult-themed tip sheet, activity ideas to encourage year-long learning, and fun tools to use with kids, this section helps keep your literacy skills sharp and offers ideas on ways to learn with your kids.

Adult resources

Journey to Learning Passport: The Journey to Learning Passport is a fun activity to do as a family. Find out what types of learning opportunities we come across every day in our daily routines, and how we can embrace them.

Family Literacy Day Bookmark: Download this free bookmark and never lose your place in your favourite book!

Tip Sheet – Family Literacy Day: Download this tip sheet for fun family literacy ideas and a recipe to follow together.

Tip Sheet - Embracing Literacy in your Daily Life: Here are 10 helpful tips on making literacy part of your family’s daily life.

Tip Sheet – Tips to Encourage Daily Reading: Strategies for parents to foster literacy skills in their children and strengthen their own literacy skills along the way.

Remember, literacy is more than reading and learning is a lifelong journey. To help keep your skills sharp year-round, check out these additional tip sheets, including financial literacy and workplace essential skills resources.

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Family literacy fact

Quality of life for families, including income levels and employment status, is directly related to the literacy levels of parents (IALS 1995/97).

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