Family Literacy Day Celebration in Vegreville

Family Literacy Day Celebration in Vegreville

Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent

Around 150 people, (30 families) attended the Family Literacy Day Celebration at the Vegreville Lions Club Splash Park and Playground and the parking lot of the Seniors Citizen Sunshine Club on January 29.

Family Literacy Facilitator with CALS, Jennifer Dixon said this event gave Community Association for Lasting Success (CALS) and their other community partners an opportunity to showcase all the hard work they do to support family literacy in the community.

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“The theme of this year’s Family Literacy Day was ‘Learning in the Great Outdoors’. “We provided activity stations which included snow art, science experiments, scavenger hunts, story stroll, snow shoeing, wagon rides and story stations.

The highlights were how well all the community partners came together to help put on this event! The weather certainly cooperated and it was so special to be able to enjoy the beautiful day and watch all of the families engaging in all the wonderful activities together.

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When asked why family literacy was important, Dixon said, ‘Family Literacy focuses on the parent as a child’s best teacher and a means to improve the reading and writing skills of all family members.

Through reading to and engaging children in fun literacy activities, parents also sharpen their skills and strengthen the parent and child relationship. This also reinforces the importance of learning with children while building the necessary skills children need for the future while maintaining the parent’s literacy skills.”

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Family Literacy Day is held annually on January 27. It was developed by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999 to celebrate adults and children reading and learning together, and to encourage Canadian families to spend at least 15 minutes a day enjoying a learning activity together.