HSBC Learning Activity Centre
Welcome to the HSBC Learning Activity Centre. In this centre you will find numerous games and resources to help you and your family learn together as you celebrate Family Literacy Day 2013. All it takes is 15 minutes a day to improve your literacy skills and it's fun when you do it together! The Learning Activity Centre is generously sponsored by HSBC Bank Canada.
Online activities for kids and families:
- Send a postcard
- Make your own fortuneteller
- Experiment with literacy
- Family Literacy Day word search
- Acrostic poem
- Mapping your home
- Family Literacy Day activity booklet
- Kids activity sheet
- Adult activity sheet
- Journey to learning passport (editable online!)
- Play a board game!
- Create your family tree
- Fill in this comic strip
- Country flag matching game
- Match the farm animals
- Weather word jumble
Learning resources:
- Storytelling tips from Robert Munsch
- Tips to encourage reading as a family
- Daily literacy activities
- Literacy tips for kids
- Literacy tips for teens
- The ABCs of family literacy
- Literacy activites for the family
Family Literacy Day 2013 event planning guide:
Hosting a Family Literacy Day event? Download the activities section of the event planning guide for more great ways to share 15 minutes of fun together! Still not sure how to host a Family Literacy Day event? Visit the downloads page and find the complete event planning guide for tips and resources that are sure to make your event a success.
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Family literacy fact
Many studies have shown that improving parents' skills directly and positively affects the language development of children (Literacy Skills for the Knowledge Society, IALS 1997, page 62).
