{"id":2496,"date":"2026-01-28T15:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2026-01-28T13:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:53:57","slug":"family-literacy-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/2026\/01\/28\/family-literacy-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Literacy Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Family Literacy Week<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>\"Kids<\/p>\n

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We have many fun activities planned at school:<\/strong>
\nWear Your Words Day
\nBook Character Day
\nReading in the Dark
\nDecorate Classroom Door
\nGuest Reader Day<\/p>\n

Today we decorated our door by adding speech bubbles to our minions:<\/p>\n

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Here are some benefits of literacy:<\/strong>
\n– literacy strengthens connections- a foundation for empathy and healthy relationships
\n– literacy protects against social exclusion and justice system involvement
\n– literacy builds intergenerational equity
\n– literacy strengthens employment and earning potential
\n– literacy drives national productivity and reduces public costs
\n– literacy breaks cycle of poverty
\n– literacy saves lives
\n– literacy is a key part of healthcare<\/p>\n

From Canadian Children\u2019s Literacy Foundation
\nCheck our their website: What we do – Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n

Literacy is not only reading and writing, but also speaking and singing. Literacy plays an important role in our lives- so please promote these skills at home! Early exposure to language will help your child succeed in school.<\/p>\n

Extension<\/strong>: What literacy activities will you try at home with your family?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Family Literacy Week   We have many fun activities planned at school: Wear Your Words Day Book Character Day Reading in the Dark Decorate Classroom Door Guest Reader Day Today we decorated our door by adding speech bubbles to our minions: Here are some benefits of literacy: – literacy strengthens connections- a foundation for empathy…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9829,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9829"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2496"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2500,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions\/2500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wongv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}