FLD Event Calendar

Children and their parentents and Caregivers take part in 20 "challenges" trhoughout the month of January and email photos of them overcoming the challenges with recognition and prizes to be awarded January 27.

Children and their parentents and Caregivers take part in 20 "challenges" trhoughout the month of January and email photos of them overcoming the challenges with recognition and prizes to be awarded January 27.

Children and their parentents and Caregivers take part in 20 "challenges" trhoughout the month of January and email photos of them overcoming the challenges with recognition and prizes to be awarded January 27.

Children and their parents or/and caregivers take part in walking the Story Trail and discovering the Cree Calendar written by 20 "challenges" trhoughout the month of January and email photos of them overcoming the challenges with recognition and prizes to be awarded January 27.

Children and their parents and caregivers will walk the trail reading the wonderful book "When the Trees Crackle with Cold" a Cree Calendar by Bernice Johnson-Laxdal & Miriam K.o.rner. An activity Package and a book may be picked up at the Early Years Family Resource Centre once the trail is completed.

Between January 13-27, visit any Wheatland Regional Library or Saskatoon Public Library to pick up a postcard. Mail it in to READ Saskatoon or drop it off at your closest library location. The first 100 families to return the completed postcard will receive a copy of When the Trees Crackle with Cold: A Cree Calendar by Bernice Johnson-Laxdal.

Starting on Friday, January 21 at the Sidney / North Saanich Library (10091 Resthaven Dr.)...

We have crafted an “I Spy” challenge just for you!

Pick up a booklet. You’ll find answers to the questions in our “I Spy” window. Look closely! Got all the answers? Enter our PRIZE DRAW and maybe win a fun game package for the whole family.

Come walk the mall as you read the story from Saskatchewan author, Miriam Korner, "When the Trees Crackle with Cold"! Join the Mann Art gallery for a book inspired art project. When complete, see the friendly staff at the Pirnce Albert Literact Network for your take home kit filled with ideas to go and "Learn from the Great Outdoors" as a family 🙂

Celebrating Family Literacy virtually, using Zoom, for families with children to age 6.
Enjoy stories, rhymes, movement, painting activity and creating snow people from 6-7 pm.
Free resources provided; pick up at Huntsville Public Library.
Registration is required:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErdemhqDMjHNQXvqGJiPN2Xz-5FY1XfwHL

We will be handing out activity kits which will include the Activity book, a winter story, free play items, like play doh, shapes. Brochures from partners, and a chance to enter for a grand prize.

Book pages displayed in the windows of our downtown businesses for the week.

The Hazelton District Public Library with Northwest Child Development Centre will host a Story Walk at Polly Sargent Park. Hazelton is in the heart of unceded Gitxsan territory, so we have selected Lo'ops Lugaganowals in Gitxsanimx and its English translation Trudy's Rock. 11am to 4:30 pm all week.

Exercise your mind and your body together: take a walk around your neighbourhood in search of things that fit the clues on our Family Literacy Scavenger Hunt. Starting Monday, January 24 at 10 am, you can either print the clues from this page or pick up a copy at the Children’s Info Desk. Email photos of your finds for a chance to win a draw prize.

Celebrate your love for children's literature with this fun, interactive game that you can play together on your phone, tablet or computer. At the end of the week, we’ll see which family makes it to the top three spots on the Podium to win some special prizes!

Raffi Cavoukian is coming to Literacy Quebec (virtually)!

Join us to hear Raffi talk about the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring.

To register (spots are limited): https://tinyurl.com/ytj44kn2

Family Resource Centre Swift Current will be giving books away to 5 lucky families each week in January, enjoying themed activities and reading the books which have been selected for FLD 2022 as part of story-time during our weekly preschool program, promoting the participation of families in virtual events, and giving away a FLD Activity Kit.

Join us online for a special event with author, illustrator and FLD Honorary Chair, Barbara Reid. Barbara will demonstrate how to use modelling clay to create a picture. She will share unique techniques you can use to make different things. Registration required:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvfuquqT0qHdEyH8KXzLA-Dc59ARxzkQfm

Celebrate Family Literacy Day! Join the Guelph Public Library and Guelph Firefighters for a special storytime that is all about playing safe in the great outdoors. Grades JK to Grade 3. Please register for this free online event at https://guelphpl.libnet.info/event/5891049.

Celebrate Family Literacy Day with award-winning Anishinaabe author-illustrator Bridget George. It's a Mitig! is a joyful picture book celebration of nature, language and culture. Register online at lpl.ca/programs or by phone at 519 661-4600. The Zoom link will be sent to participants one day before the start of the program.

Literacy Lambton, Lambton County Library, EarlyON Centres and other champions of literacy team up to host/highlight ways to build literacy in the great outdoors. Watch for a Pop-Up StoryWalk in downtown Sarnia’s McGibbon Park featuring “It’s a Mitig!” Register for Barbara Reid’s virtual event for a chance to win clay kits to play along at home.

Participants are encouraged to bundle up and 'walk and roll'' with their young families in their own neighbourhood, while identifying and talking about everything they see. Scavenger hunt ideas will be provided. Following the walk, there will be a virtual Zoom group for stories and songs with a related theme.

Author Howard Binkow from Sarasota Florida will do storytime with grades K-3 (Mud and Rainbows). Then at 1pm, K-6 students are invited to learn how to make playdough to be ready for Barbara Reid's 4:30 pm hands-on art session.

Join Sandra and Simone as we celebrate Family Literacy Day with a special storytime and art project. This is an online event presented in partnership by the Grimsby Public Library and the Grimsby Public Art Gallery. Register to reserve your Zoom link and art kit: https://events.grimsby.ca/library/Detail/2022-01-27-1100-Reading-Rocks

Celebrate Family Literacy Day & 2022 Winter Olympics with Sue Irwin & Catherine Rondina. Students will learn about writing non-fiction and get a behind-the-scenes look at famous Canadian athletes. For students in grades 4-6. Register to receive link: https://events.grimsby.ca/library/Detail/2022-01-27-0930-Canadian-Athletes-amp-the-Olympics

Stories, songs, and a bedtime snack! Join us for a wintery evening of fun before bedtime to celebrate Family Literacy Day!

The Lakeland Library Region’s North Battleford Library, in partnership with Lloydminster Learning Council Association will have a story spread throughout central park (weather depending, will be inside the library if not able to be outside). Stroll through the story and then enter your child’s name and your phone number for a prize raffle inside.

The Winter Family Story Stroll will begin on January 27th and will be available to participants until mid March. The bilingual story is titled "I love Winter / J'adore L'hiver by Shelley Admont.
The story will begin and end at the library. As you stroll along the path, you're directed to the next page in the story.

Join us on January 27 for one of two free online events: 10:00–11:00 am or 1:00–2:00 pm. Follow along as we go through tips and tricks to incorporate literacy activities in your home.
-Song, rhymes
-Storytelling
-Literacy games
-Prizes
Click the link to register: https://www.readsaskatoon.com/register/family-literacy-day-2022-programs/

We invite all in our local area to read for 15 minutes and report to the Library. We are doing a challenge within our Northern Lights Library System

Flurries and Fun Family Literacy event is being put on the the Regional Kids First at Holdfast Library in Holdfast Saskatchewan. This will have interactive stations around our small library and each family will receive a free book to take home with them.

Family Literacy event.

This is free and opened to the public, kids of all ages and their parents are welcome.
*Kids will receive a free book
*Participate in the Outdoor Story Walks(R): Learn the Alphabet with Northwest Coast Native Art
*Parents will gain useful tips and tools to use to promote literacy with their children in different aspects

Join us to hear stories and more from the authors and illustrator of “When the Trees Crackle with Cold: A Cree Calendar,” Bernice Johnson-Laxdal and Miriam Körner. ​Families, classrooms, and groups can sign up to receive a free package of digital resources and a chance to win a signed copy of the book: www.surveymonkey.com/r/TreesCrackle-SignUp

Celebrate literacy during this visit from Heather O’Connor, author of The Betting Game and Fast Friends as she talks about writing, reading, and the importance of stories.

Family Activity Book Package will be dropped off at registered homes within our South Mountain area. Please email southmountainhamilton@gmail.com. We have fantastic outdoor activity sheets and brand new books for children and other family members who love to read! Making our community stronger readers one book at a time! #lovewhereyoulive

Bundle up your little ones for an evening story hour. Come in your PJs and feel free to invited your favourite stuffed animals! We will have stories and a craft to enjoy together and will send each family home with a snack to enjoy together! Please register in advance by calling 403-742-2292. It will count toward our annual Read for 15 challenge!

Race around the world (plus space) using the magic of Google Maps and Google Earth! Solve the clues to figure out where in the world (or space) you need to be and collect screen shots detailing your travels. From mountain peaks, to Japan, from the oceans surface to the top of the world. Race from the comfort of your own home to be the fastest fa

Celebrate Family Literacy Day 2022!
Check out our website (https://bit.ly/3IaHcaT) to download our mitten design contest and outdoor BINGO contest!
Stop by Lakeland Regional Libraries to participate in a scavenger hunt!
Celebrate the Lloydminster Public Library's opening with a scavenger hunt and activity kits!

Declan Bratkoski, a grade 4 student in Ms. Matlock’s class, wrote a children’s book with his grandma. It is a cute little story about a boy who lost his pet tarantula at school. Declan and his grandma, Pam Metz, are doing a virtual author reading at Lumsden School, in Lumsden, Sask.

Chinook Regional Library, Member of the SW Literacy Committee

Burstall, Consul, Eastend, Fox Valley, Leader, Ponteix and Maple Creek Libraries will be hosting the public for Barbara Reid's virtual program on January 27th - learning how to use clay to create a picture.

The SWLC will join other SK Family Literacy HUB's, the Sask Literacy Network and families throughout Saskatchewan in a virtual event featuring the book "When the Trees Crackle with Cold." Author Bernice Johnson-Laxdal and illustrator Miriam Körner will share stories and a reading. Join the event here: https://saskliteracy.ca/crackle/

Join us for a live reading of "The Little Things" by Nicole Thomson.
Register to receive your Teams Link

Join us for Family Literacy Day on Thursday Feb 27th at 1:30pm for a live reading of "The Little Things" read by author Nicole Thomson.

As part of our Ready to Read, Write, Think project TLE has created Family Literacy Series videos that will be shared in the community and on social media.
https://tleliteracy.com/tles-family-literacy-series

From Jan.24-28. Family Ties will host daily literacy challenges for the whole family. They will include outdoor word search,mad lib, word scramble, adult and youth book quizzes and what in the Spec ( a local English newspaper). Daily prizes include a $50.00 Chapters Indigo gift card and a copy of a local book Blou Potato.

Appropriate for families/all ages.
Hosted on Zoom.
Registration required: https://www.ajaxlibrary.ca/node/538
Free of charge.

Celebrate literacy during this visit from Heather O’Connor, author of The Betting Game and Fast Friends as she talks about writing, reading, and the importance of stories.

Family Literacy Day takes place at the end of January, to raise awareness about the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family.

In 2022, the theme is Learning in the Great Outdoors - and to celebrate, we are offering an OUTDOOR WINTER STORY TIME!

Bundle up and join us on the front lawn at L.E. Shore

Celebrate Family Literacy week by creating a piece of art inspired by Canadian Author/Illustrator Barbara Reid. Grades JK to 8. Please Register at https://guelphpl.libnet.info/event/5890984.

Join us at Nose Creek Park on Jan. 29 and celebrate Family Literacy Day with a family storytime around the fire. This annual event brings awareness to the importance of reading and engaging in literacy-related activities as a family.

Program designed for families of preschoolers, older siblings welcomed.

Registration is per family so please

Join us for outdoor games and winter family fun at the Lion's Club Splash Park located behind the Vegreville Centennial Library, as we celebrate family literacy in the great outdoors. Horse drawn wagon rides, hot chocolate, warming fires with the Vegreville Fire Department and much more. All ages welcome!

The Morrin Centre's Education Coordinator will host a special session of our Storytime Online, which is a literacy program for children ages 3 to 7. The story will be followed by a snowflake craft. See morrin.org for more information. We will also have displays of children's books in the library to promote literacy and reading as a family.

Embrace the outdoors! Free outdoor activities such as snow-shoeing, snow golf, snow bowling, snow painting and a treasure hunt! delicious hot chocolate and cookies available. Organised by Broadview School and Broadview Public Library.

Become the author or illustrator of the next children’s classic with this special Family Grab & Go Craft Kit. Each kit contains the materials and instructions you need to make your very own book.

Free kits are available on a first come, first served basis at the Children's Check-Out Desk while supplies last.

Join us Sunday, January 30 on Zoom for story time, scavenger hunts, fun yoga musical activities and much more. To accommodate your busy schedules, we are offering the program at two different times - 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
The whole family can join in the free, fun activities centered around the theme "Learning in the Great Outdoors".

Let’s finish off Family Literacy week with a bang and our friends at Monkey Rock Music will be joining us on Facebook Live to do just that! Adults and children of all ages are encouraged to join in on this monkey musical family fun that will be sure to get you grooving, singing and rocking along. We hope you’ll join us!

We’re BACK! Join the Sunday Gummy Bear Family Reading Club! Spend an hour Sunday mornings with The Learning Exchange for stories, songs, craft time and parent resources to engage you and your child with fun interactive stories starting with our first session starting January 30th in honour of Family Literacy Day!

Regional KidsFirst and Maple Creek Library are partnering to offer a Story-Walk of the book "When the Trees Crackle with Cold" by Bernice Johnson-Laxdal and Miriam Korner.

With the theme of Learning in the Great Outdoors, Manitouwadge Learning Centre AND Manitouwadge Public Library are combining our Literacy Day activities with our upcoming Frosty Days winter carnival. We will do Story Time at the bonfire with a children's story and a short mystery for adults to solve. Also a Story Walk and Photo Scavenger Hunt.