Family Reading Kits are now available at six Library locations. The kits include discussion questions to spark lively conversion, related activities, and more staff-recommended titles to keep reading as a family.
Learn about home safety and the life of a firefighter with colouring sheets, puzzles, and games in the new Fire Safety Activity Book.
Pick up your copy at any Calgary fire hall or Calgary Public Library location.
These titles benefit beginner readers with simple words, slight complexity, and repetition for effective learning.
These titles aid beginner readers with longer sentences and words that build vocabulary.
These titles support beginner readers with complex stories, challenging vocabulary, and advanced sentence structures.
Learn to make the most out of your reading time together as a family.
Tips for multilingual families as they teach their children more than one language.
Learn about the fundamentals of building literacy with Calgary Reads.
Support your child’s early literacy skills with these tips to build a strong foundation.
Help your child build phonological awareness by practice rhyming, alliteration, and assonance with these books.
You can have three of these early readers checked out at a time.
Michelle Bence and Dr. Miriam Ramzy share tips for making learning to read fun.
Join educators and literacy specialists, Michelle Bence and Dr. Miriam Ramzy, for tips and strategies for reading together and making it fun.
We explain what reading levels are and how to use them to select books for your kids.
Learn about reading levels and tips for picking out books with our staff.
November is Financial Literacy Month in Canada! Use these resources to support financial literacy understanding for grades k- 6.
Help your child discover the joy of reading with simple tips.
Recorded program. Dr. Lia Daniels discusses reading motivation, tips, and book recommendations.
Many children struggle with learning how to read, but there are plenty of things we can try to make reading more exciting to kids.
Fast-paced fiction, graphic novels, updated classics, and even a cookbook are on this recommended list of 25 books to get kids excited to read.
Use the five tips in this video as your guide on the road to school readiness.
Get ideas for play-based activities that teach foundational literacy and numeracy skills.
Help prepare your child for kindergarten by talking, singing, reading, writing, playing, and sharing these books with your child.
The Summer Slide is slippery slope that can send your child’s learning progress backward during the summer. Get tips for helping kids retain their learning progress
