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Literacy Fun
Literacy Fun
Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent
With big grins on their faces, children eagerly explored the various activities at the Family Literacy Day event at Vegreville Centennial Library on January 26.
Family Literacy Coordinator for CALS Erika Trufyn explained, “There were 36 caregivers and 56 children who ranged in age from infants to six years old who attended this event.
This year’s theme from ABC Life Literacy was “Celebrate as a Family”. The event hosted “Make and Take” Stations where families would engage and have fun together as a family. Our thoughts behind this were to show parents there are different activities parents can do to expand stories and learning. There was a vast array of activities from cookie decorating, to Lego building and crafts.
At the end, we read a children’s story and watched a short film to go along with it.
There are many opportunities for families to engage in literacy activities as a family whether that is baking and cooking together which helps build numeracy and literacy skills by measuring and following recipes, reading together, or playing board games. Caregivers can expand their child’s stories by building characters with Lego, play dough, or making a craft. As well, role-playing and acting out the story is a great way to keep the story going.
The Community Association for Lasting Success (CALS) partnered with Kalyna Family Resource Network-Vegreville and Area, VegMin Learning Society, Vegreville Centennial Library, and Mental Health Capacity Building (MHCB) to host this event.
When asked, a parent Arielle Crowle said, “My children are four and six years old. We attended the event because we wanted our kids to get out of the house and enjoy the literacy event. They loved all the event tables, they enjoyed all the activities planned and playing with other kids. The movie and popcorn at the end were perfect! I think it helped my kids interact with other children as well as learn a few new skills. It was a great event and I hope it happens again.”
