Literacy Day is This Month!

Reading with our kids is the most important thing we can do with them to help them learn and grow.

On January 27th, we will celebrate Literacy Day. A day dedicate to the importance and power of reading!


momstown is dedicated to enhancing and encouraging the love of readying with the kiddies through our curriculum with a strong partnership with Scholastic Canada and our monthly event Tales for Tots.

Books are a great way to teach your kids, spend time with them and enjoy them. Reading a book with a child is so rewarding in so many ways.

At home I read with my kids daily. I love the giggles as we get to funny parts, or the surprise as we get to the top of a plot, or the excitement when they relate to what the story is.



I love listening to the kids read books themselves, when they actually aren't yet reading, but making up the story based on the pictures or what they remember you reading from that book. Little minds are so creative!!!

I remember watching my oldest learn to read and recognize words, and eventually read books to me. Now, 9 years late, with my middle one in JK and showing an increased interest in learning to read, it amazes me all over again how their little minds work to figure out words.

There are a million toys and activities kids can do, but reading is the best!

Family Literacy

Tomorrow (January 27th) is Family Literacy Day. A special day to celebrate reading, and all it's benefits, with our families.

We love to read around here, books are a huge hit with the kids and are a favorite gift to receive and to give. Reading is probably one of the most important things we can do with our children. It not only teaches them, but it's a great way to bond and share time.

While reading books is one of the most obvious ways to encourage learning and literacy with your children, playing games is also a great way to make learning and reading fun. Board games and card games can be lots of fun, and can get a child that doesn't sit still for too long to enjoy learning!


To celebrate Family Literacy Day, my kids will be playing games and reading their favorite books. Robert Munsch is always a fave around here, the silly stories always get lots of giggles and always lead for the even popular "can you read that again?"

How will you spend this special day with your kids? Enter the momstown Barrie Family Literacy Contest on our Facebook page for a chance to win a Book Prize Pack.