Resources

Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible, we have to get books in our children’s hands early and often
— Barack Obama

Articles


How Reading Aloud Can Help You Bond With Your kids and Make Them Better Readers

npr.org/2021/10/01/1041859001/reading-aloud-benefits-childrens-literacy


Home Libraries Provide Huge Educational Advantage

psmag.com/education/home-libraries-provide-huge-educational-advantage-14212


Reading to Children is so Powerful, so Simple and Yet so Misunderstood

literacytrust.org.uk/blog/reading-children-so-powerful-so-simple-and-yet-so-misunderstood/


Paper Beats Digital In Many Ways, According To Neuroscience

forbes.com/sites/rogerdooley/2015/09/16/paper-vs-digital/?sh=154d4b5933c3



Why Are Home Literacy Environment and Children's Reading Skills Associated? What Parental Skills Reveal

ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/rrq.160


Local Resources


Guelph Public Library

guelphpl.ca


Action Read

actionread.com


EarlyON Child & Family Centres

wellington.ca/en/social-services


Hope House Guelph

hopehouseguelph.com



Immigrant Services

is-gw.ca



Guelph Recreation Programs

guelph.ca/living/recreation


Kidsability

kidsability.ca