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Pitching in: Book publishers and literacy advocates provide free books for children (Globe and Mail)
The Globe and Mail PAUL WALDIE EUROPE CORRESPONDENT PUBLISHED JULY 10, 2020 UPDATED JULY 10, 2020 The organizers: A coalition of book publishers, literacy advocates and Food Banks Canada The project: Providing 130,000 free books for children Ariel Siller has been a passionate advocate for child literacy for years and she knew that the COVID-19…
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CCLF spoke with Today’s Parent about the many things families can do to build reading habits in their children. Have a baby or toddler? Start early! Read aloud, act out the story, and be sure to use your silliest voices! School-age children? Be a reading role model, and remember that reading isn’t limited to just…
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To help address obstacles and strengthen our collective impact on early literacy, we hosted a roundtable series in early 2020 that attracted 100 attendees from 59 different organizations. In this report, you will read about what we heard from them: potential pathways to success, common challenges and how national, coordinated efforts can help advance early…
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Coalition of reading advocates formed in response to pandemic puts books in kids’ hands and invites all Canadians to join in the joy of reading JUNE 23, 2020 – Toronto – This week marks the start of Read On Canada!, an exciting initiative from a coalition of reading advocates and Food Banks Canada, supported by the generous…
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April 30, 2020 – Being isolated with little ones can be a challenge, particularly when the days are filled with anxiety and uncertainty as they are during the global pandemic. Many families are feeling pressure to maximize the time and enrich their children’s learning. It can be overwhelming. To offer a helping hand, our CEO, Ariel…
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Synthesis and Highlights21 “In our almost complete transition to a digital culture we are changing in ways we never realized would be the unintended collateral consequences of the greatest explosion of creativity, invention and discovery in our history.” Wolf, p. 3 “The digital chain that leads from the proliferation of information to the gruel-thin, eye-byte…