Family Literacy

Family Literacy Resources and Links

Here’s some links to keep you reading with your family. If you have some favourite family literacy websites, please send us an email.

• ABC Canada’s Family Literacy Day page – every year on January 27, families and communities across Canada celebrate this special day at literacy-themed events coordinated by literacy organizations, schools, public libraries and families
• Family Literacy Database – the National Adult Literacy Database’s documentation of family literacy projects
• Greater Victoria Public Library kids’ pages – fun and useful stuff for kids and teens including study tips and on-line stories
• Helping Families Learn is Everybody’s Business: An Employer’s Guide to Family Literacy in the Workplace by Sharon Skage
• Helping Families Learn is Everybody’s Business: A Practitioners Guide to Family Literacy in the Workplace by Sharon Skage
• How To Raise a Reader – a 2008 article in Today’s Parent magazine on fostering a love of the written word
• Literacy B.C. –  the lead provincial organization responsible for family literacy development and coordination in BC
• Robert Munsch –  the official website of one of Canada’s favourite children’s authors, with poetry and listen on-line stories
• Reader’s Café – the Greater Victoria Public Library’s page for book lovers with book club favourites and a shortcut to putting a hold on Globe and Mail bestsellers
• ReadNowBC , Early Learners – this section of the provincial government’s literacy site has resources for families, including a DVD to promote family literacy