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Make it Count! Backgrounder

Numeracy is everywhere. Children start using math the moment they start exploring the world. Sorting, counting and measuring are ways of playing with math. Talking about math with children helps …

Decoda Literacy Calendar 2023

This is a calendar of literacy-related dates to remember in 2023. This year we are also offering a digital edition of the calendar. Subscribe on your Google, iCal or Outlook …

Decoda Literacy Calendar 2022

This is a calendar of literacy-related dates to remember in 2022.

Let’s Connect! Backgrounder

We all connect with people, places, ideas and things. When we connect, we build strong relationships, create trust, and support our social, emotional and physical health. This backgrounder includes information …

Let’s Be Active! Backgrounder

Children love to move! The benefits of being active are lifelong and life wide. When we move and play, we learn, have fun, feel good and our bodies are healthy …

Let’s Read Together! Backgrounder

Reading together with family is a child’s first introduction to reading. Children like it when their families read with them, even when children can read on their own. Reading together …

Let’s Make It! Backgrounder

Children enjoy making things. When they’re making, they’re learning and having fun. When children have the time, tools and materials to make things, they learn to solve problems, be creative, …

What’s on My Plate? Backgrounder

Children develop literacy through daily routines. Families can support all kinds of learning through healthy eating. This backgrounder describes how families’ healthy eating activities support children’s literacy. It includes links …

Tuning into Music: Listen! Make! Move! – Backgrounder

This backgrounder provides information on how music activities can develop and reinforce literacy skills in young children.

Let’s Play Together! Backgrounder

This information sheet outlines why play in families is important and how it benefits both children and their parents. It was created for Family Literacy Week 2016.