The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit wants everyone to celebrate Family Literacy Day.
It’s today (Jan 27), and public health nurse, Shelley Shaughnessy, says encouraging tasks that’ll improve reading and writing skills will make a huge difference down the road.
Shaughnessy adds that there are a lot of resources available in our community to celebrate Family Literacy Day.
That website was www.kidtalk.on.ca.
These are some tips the HKPR District Health Unit has for developing strong literacy skills.
Playing a board game together or telling knock-knock jokes while doing the dishes.
Organizing a ‘grocery hunt’ in which children search the store for food items on the family grocery list.
Playing ‘home restaurant’ by getting children to create a menu for a meal by drawing food items or using grocery store flyers. To spice up mealtime, children can even take food orders too.
Getting children to read different traffic signs along the roadway when travelling out-of-town.
Visiting the local library and getting your child a library card. This can increase independence and inspire a child to borrow and read books that are of personal interest.
