Family Literacy Day takes place on Sunday, February 23rd, during Winterfest, and is brought to you by Hello Parents Network.

This free event runs from 9 to 11 am in the TRCC gym and includes free new books, airbrush tattoos, crafts, a free pancake breakfast and karaoke.

Penny Brenton with Futures and Babies Best Start, shares why it’s important to encourage literacy.

“Taking time every day to read or do a new learning activity with children is crucial to a child’s development, improving a child’s literacy skills dramatically and it can help a parent improve their skills as well. Literacy goes beyond reading and writing, it also includes speaking, listening and creating.”   

Brenton added that literacy skills are essential to numeracy, because it helps students read and understand word problems.

Both skills are needed before they can apply the mathematical concepts to solve them.

Learn more about Family Literacy Day.  Tune in to Thompson Today at 12:40 and 5:10.