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The aim of our organization is to promote family literacy by encouraging parents to read to their children.
le goût de lire communautaire | community born to read values literacy as the key to a healthy and well-functioning society and recognizes the importance of supporting the efforts of parents to encourage and enhance their children’s emerging literacy. Each child deserves the opportunity to develop his/her potential and to make a meaningful contribution to society. By providing parents with guidance and books to begin the process from the first few months of life, it is hoped to establish the foundation for early and lifelong learning.
community born to read started as a project of community volunteers working with the Pierrefonds CLSC to raise awareness that it is important to feed the mind as well as the body and to promote daily reading to children from birth.
Research has shown that children who participate in reading activities for a few minutes each day from birth will likely succeed in school with higher levels of language development. Reading to infants allows new parents special opportunities to plant the seeds for lifelong learning.
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Founded in 2001, Born to Read encourages parents to read to their children and promotes early literacy. The program provides book donations, workshops, and kindergarten readiness resources, while engaging children (ages 0-5) with games, toys, and literacy experts. It also offers bilingual resources for immigrant families. We spoke with Mary Anne Perrault, who served as the principal at Greendale (now Kingsdale Elementary) for seven years. Born to Read began as a community volunteer project in partnership with Pierrefonds CLSC during their vaccination clinics, where volunteers distributed bags with books, read to kids, and shared information about the importance of reading. |
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Since then, Born to Read has expanded its outreach, serving families with young children as well as those in LBPSB schools. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the program operated family reading rooms at Riverdale and Pierrefonds Community High Schools. Born to Read’s programs continue to support children and families through book donations, workshops, and kindergarten readiness resources. The program engages children through games, toys, nursery rhymes, and opportunities for retired educators to share their expertise—facilitating valuable conversations between parents and connecting them to additional resources. Born to Read can be reached at: info@borntoread.net |
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An excerpt from the Pearson News by Simone Viger, in collaboration with Amelia Crerar and Raphaella Dixon, LBPSB Educational Services Department
You may have tangible wealth untold. Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be – I had a mother that read to me.
... Strickland Gillilan ...