🩷🧡We close our #LeftUnreadStorybooth series with a hopeful, uplifting message from Jenna, a teacher candidate and reading tutor who struggled with reading herself as a child.  📺 Watch this  at youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…

Sometimes, all you need is a safe, cosy, colourful place to read.  💖📖 In this #LeftUnreadStorybooth conversation, meet Karn of Youth Centres of Calgary Ogden. Here how a Reading Place and a little one-to-one reading time is making a difference for these #yyc kids.

Many cultures are rooted in oral storytelling. How can we help immigrant families to also spark a love of reading & books?  In this #LeftUnreadStorybooth, meet Malaika, a teacher candidate at @mrulife who moved to Canada from DRC, Africa...  youtu.be/ys3QB6GbOo0

Did you know the human brain is not naturally wired to learn how to read? If a child doesn't get help 'cracking the code' of reading, it can affect them all their years in school and life...  In this #LeftUnreadStorybooth video, we hear from Pam...  youtu.be/wIz6_bwpMPA

What challenges do newcomers face in rising above low literacy? In the fourth #LeftUnreadStorybooth conversation, we hear from Michael, manager of program innovation at @familiesmatter, about how  families can get lost...and how they can be supported. 💖 youtu.be/JJgJZXMRFcg

✨Left Unread Storybooth launch!✨ This is the first of many powerful and urgent conversations about childhood reading. Just ahead of #internationalliteracyday Sept. 8, we launch the Storybooth series with the story of Andrée... youtu.be/CXSVy3EHcqI

🌟One more Storybooth sneak peek!🌟 What can we do about low childhood literacy rates? How can our community help more Calgary children learn to read by Grade 3 so they can thrive in school and life? ✨ youtu.be/8vjQUBp5xyA #LeftUnreadStorybooth launches Friday Sept. 6!

⭐️Coming Soon⭐️The Left Unread Storybooth Series.   Too many children right here in Alberta can’t read. Too many children are just a connection away from opening the door to a world of opportunity through reading. How do we get from here to there?   Here is a sneak peak at…

Which books have you already read to a child and loved? 🩷🧡 Which ones are you now on the hunt for?  #readtoachild #nochildleftunread #familyreading #calgaryreads #yycreads #earlyliteracy #earlyliteracymatters

Everyday activities are a great chance to help your grandchild hear new words. Here's a great article from @BBC with tips for easy ways to teach words to grandchildren. 🧒✨ bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people/… #NoChildLeftUnread #earlyliteracy #earlyliteracymatters #leftunreadab

Even a few minutes a day of reading to a child can help them reach their potential. 📖✨  leftunread.ca/ for more ways to promote childhood literacy and a love of reading.  #LeaveNoChildLeftUnread #earlyliteracy #abschools #ReadingIsARight #yycchildren #yycstudents

Low literacy isn't just one state of being, rather a spectrum. We need to support children with literacy along the entire spectrum of reading skills.