Best Start 2010 Annual Conference - Markham, Ontario

AFLO is pleased to be presenting at the 2010 Best Start Resource Center Annual Conference in Markham, Ontario on Friday, February 18th, 2010.

Lorri Sauve, from AFLO, will be joined by Lesley Brown, Executive Director of the OLC, to present the topic Teach a Parent, Reach a Child: Integrating a Family Literacy Approach in the Early Years. Lorri and Lesley will conduct an interactive workshop that will:

• Provide an overview of Family Literacy in Ontario and how it differs from Early Literacy programming
• Examine adult literacy statistics linking family literacy to issues that affect health, poverty and educational opportunities
• Demonstrate the links between the parents' literacy and their children's literacy
• Provide ideas for what this means to Early Literacy programs and how to outreach to parents with low literacy and the differences with ESL parents

This will be an interactive workshop that will engage participants to better understand the issues of low literacy, how family literacy incorporates the cultivation of positive parenting skills, health literacy, financial literacy and computer literacy, as well as links to community supports.

Boggle Tournament for Children and Adults

On Sunday January 31, 2010 at Conestoga Mall, Waterloo, Project READ Literacy Network will host a Boggle tournament. Boggle is a word game in which players will record words they form on a piece of paper. It is a timed event played by two or more players at a time. The person with the most words wins. Each match is the best 2 out of 3 games. There is a children's tournament and an adult tournament, both competitive and recreational. There are gift cards from Conestoga Mall as prizes. The cost is either $25 or a minimum of $25 in pledges. To preregister for this event, see our website at http://www.projectread.ca/

Family Literacy Day 2010 in Waterloo Region

On Sunday January 31, 2010, agencies offering intergenerational literacy will host Family Literacy Day 2010. Events include a Boggle tournament (pre-registration required), Erick Traplin providing entertainment, and various interactive family literacy booths. All events are FREE except for the Boggle tournament which is a fundraiser for Project READ Literacy Network. Check out our website for more information at http://www.projectread.ca/

Events occur from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm at Conestoga Mall, Waterloo.