In celebration of Family Literacy Day on Jan. 27, Family Day on Feb. 13, and Canada's 150th birthday in 2017, Delta libraries are inviting families to write family stories and share their heritage.
Family Literacy Day is a national awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999 and held annually to promote the importance of reading and other literacy-related activities in families.
The Family Stories @Delta Libraries project encourages families to share their life experiences and/or celebrate their heritage in a short story of 250 to 500 words in length. Libraries want to create a montage of stories for Delta's Heritage Day festivities in April and will be asking permission to record some of the entries through audio or video. All stories will be entered to win draw prizes, which include passes for the Greenheart Canopy TreeWalk at UBC, bowling at Uncle Buck's at Tsawwassen Mills, Richmond Paintball and Delta Parks and Recreation.
Space will be made available for families to write and submit their stories at George Mackie, Ladner Pioneer and Tsawwassen libraries on Family Literacy Day on Friday, Jan. 27 and the Delta School District non-instructional day on Monday, Jan. 30. Families may also write their stories at home and submit them at their local library on or before Feb. 15.
Family literacy is not just about reading and writing. It is about developing stronger relationships between parents and their children. It refers to the many ways that families develop and use literacy skills in everyday activities, including storytelling, which is an excellent way to stimulate family literacy at home.
To keep informed about literacy initiatives in Delta, "like" the Delta Community Literacy Committee's Facebook page.
