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.