What has Symposium meant to you?
The 2024 Literacy & Learning Symposium Registration Kick-Off is on February 6, 2024! Many CALP staff look forward to this event every year, and there is a reason they keep...
Voices from the Field: CALP Family Literacy Program Practitioners
Every year on January 27, ABC Life Literacy Canada hosts Family Literacy Day, the largest national family literacy event in Canada. This year, the theme is: Let’s have a...
Literacy & Learning Symposium 2023 Launch – Registration is now open!
Community Learning Network (CLN) is excited to launch online registration for the Literacy & Learning Symposium 2023 and registration is now live. Register Now! It’s been a...
Learners Stepping Out of the Shadows
There has been a recurring theme popping up over and over for me—the importance of story. Stories are a way of sharing knowledge, truth, laughter, pain, and so much more. I...
Why Family Literacy Programs?
It’s a new year with new possibilities! Perhaps your organization is considering starting or expanding your programming to include family literacy programs. How, you may ask,...
The Newly Revised A.L.L (Adult Literacy and Learning) in Family Literacy Programs
Why did it need to be revised? In 2019 a new required training for family literacy programs was introduced specifically for CALP-funded programs. It is called “CALP...
Practitioner's Shortcuts: K-W-L
As CALP staff, you are extraordinary multitaskers. You never know who is going to walk through your door and what they might need. As a result, it is nice to have tools and...
Family Literacy Feature: ELL MOMS in Drayton Valley
In this week’s “Strengthening Family Literacy” feature blog, Tanya Harding shares about the ELL MOMS program at Drayton Valley & District Community Learning Association. We...
Family Literacy Feature: Growing Child, Growing Parent at LEARN
In this week’s “Strengthening Family Literacy” feature blog, Deborah Forbes shares about the Family Literacy program at LEARN in Medicine Hat. We asked her to answer a few...
Family Literacy Feature: Magic Carpet Ride at CanLearn Society
Over the next few weeks, Advanced Education will be posting a series of guest blogs, "Strengthening Family Literacy". The blogs have been written by CALPs about their family...
From Advanced Education: Strengthening Family Literacy
This week's blog comes to you from the CALP Team at Alberta Advanced Education. Literacy is indeed a Family Affair! Literacy is an integral part of everything we do in life...
Family Literacy Day and the Difference it Makes
*Did you know that studies show that as little as 15-20 minutes of reading a day dramatically helps both children and adults succeed in life? Family Literacy Day is one...
I Spy with My Little Eye….
Do you remember playing “I Spy” as a child or now with your children and/or grandchildren? This classic game has saved many doctor’s visits for my girls and myself in the...
Edible Art: 5 fabulous recipes for stress-free craft time
One of the most popular activities in many Family Literacy programs is craft time. And everyone knows, the younger the crafter, the more likely the craft supplies are to end...
Rockin' and Roll-in Family Literacy Program Kits
What is a Rockin’ and Roll-in Family Literacy Program Kit? A Family Literacy Program Kit is a convenient and containable package where supplies for family literacy programs...