Program Introduction to the Family Literacy Certificate Course

A 15 hour Introduction to the Family Literacy Certificate course is being run in August at Conestoga College. This course will introduce you to the basics of Family Literacy and will serve as a springboard for participants who are interested in taking the Family Literacy Certificate Program which will be run through Conestoga College this fall.

Click on this link to the Early Childhood Professional Resource Center at Conestoga for registration information for this and other courses of interest.

RAPP Packs

Kingston Literacy and Skills has created a number of manuals for use in family literacy programming.

According to KL&S:

"The Reading and Parents Program (RAPP) Resource Manuals are intended to help literacy organizations introduce a family literacy component to their existing programs. They include information on how to use a variety of different books and related activities in your family literacy program. The books, combined with the activies, are referred to as RAPP packs. Each RAPP pack includes:

• a selection of reading and language hints


• a craft idea and the materials to complete the craft


• a selection of poetry based on the theme of the book


• children's fine motor activities (for both younger and older children)

RAPP packs are designed to encourage family reading and to help parents support their children's emergent literacy skill development. RAPP can easily be adapted to produce packs that are tailored to suita ll families with children ages 0 to 10 years."

KL&S has three differnt RAPP collections for sale - RAPP Spring and Fall Collection, RAPP Classics Collection and RAPP Early Years Literacy Collection.

Click on this link to the Kingston Literacy and Skills website to find out more about RAPP packs and the other excellent resources this organization produces.

Call for Members

Do you provide family literacy programming? Are you passionate about family literacy? Are you committed to moving family literacy forward in Ontario? If the answer to any (or all) of these questions is yes, then AFLO is looking for you! AFLO is currently seeking new members who are as passionate about family literacy as we are.

Join a progressive group of like minded professionals and help to develop family literacy policy and programs across Ontario. We are looking for members from across Ontario from Windsor to Thunder Bay to Ottawa. The more members we have, the louder our voice as advocates for family literacy.

For more information about how you can join AFLO email familyliteracy@projectread.ca

Partnership Framework for Integrated Family Literacy Planning

The Ontario Literacy Coalition has recently released this draft document that looks at funding models and policies surrounding family literacy in Ontario. The report shows that there is support to increase children's literacy levels but a gap exists in support for literacy services for parents and caregivers.

You can acccess the report on the OLC's site.