Decoda Literacy Solutions is the leading #literacy organization in #BritishColumbia. Our vision is a BC where everyone has the literacy skills they need.
British Columbia, Canada
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🎁 📚🖍♻ Enter the colouring #contest draw by Feb. 2 for a chance to win this Family Literacy Gift Pack! ✨
⤵ Download the colouring contest poster at: decoda.ca/wp-content/uploads…
👉 Learn more at: decoda.ca/get-involved/famil…
#FLW2025 #FamilyLiteracyWeek
ALT an assortment of children's books and craft supplies. Enter our colouring contest for a chance to win this Family Literacy Gift Pack! Decoda.ca
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❤ Read some of the heartfelt messages of support for IPALS from program participants and facilitators in BC: decoda.ca/saveIPALS
😔Without this vital program, hundreds of families will lose access to crucial resources that make a lasting difference in their lives.
#SaveIPALS
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Support from other levels of government is key to saving Immigrant Parents as Literacy Supporters (IPALS) programs.
📨 You can send a letter to your MLA or MP using our letter template at: decoda.ca/wp-content/uploads…
👉 To learn more, visit: decoda.ca/saveIPALS
#SaveIPALS
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🎉🎁 Congratulations to Madame Rexin’s Grade K-3 Class at W.E. Graham Community School in Slocan, BC!
🖍 They won the Family Literacy Week 2025 Colouring Contest draw for a class prize - a $100 Indigo gift card!
🥰 Thank you to everyone who participated!
#FamilyLiteracyWeek
📖🗣 World Read Aloud Day® (WRAD) celebrates the power of reading aloud to create community and amplify new stories, and to advocate for literacy as a foundational human right.
👉 Visit @litworldsays activity hub at: litworld.org/worldreadaloudd…
#WRAD2025 #WorldReadAloudDay
🌐 We've gathered the #news stories about recent federal government funding cuts to a number of immigrant support services, including Decoda’s Immigrant Parents as Literacy Supporters (IPALS) program, at: linktr.ee/decoda.ca - under the Save IPALS tab.
#SaveIPALS
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Neighbourhood houses that provide support to immigrants and other newcomers are feeling the impact of the federal government's new immigration targets.
globalnews.ca/video/10988957…
We're working to #SaveIPALS to support immigrant/refugee children’s early literacy development.
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🤝 It's #BlackHistoryMonth! The 2025 theme for Black History Month is: “Black Legacy and Leadership: Celebrating Canadian History and Uplifting Future Generations.”
👉 Learn more and find resources at: canada.ca/en/canadian-herita…
#BHM2025 #Canada
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The February issue of @WestcoastReader is out!
🐻🏒💟 ⚕💉Lots of great articles in the February issue of The WCR #newspaper for learners!
📰Articles include: #BlackHistoryMonth #ValentinesDay #Recipe #HockeyOnHighway #BearInCar #StickContest
👉Subscribe at: thewestcoastreader.com/subsc…
#AdultLiteracy #ContinuingEducation
ALT Front page of the February 2025 issue of The Westcoast Reader newspaper for learners.
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📚🌐 🌱🌳 Learn about five resources available through the #DecodaLibrary and communities, that focus on nature and sustainability, along with fun, hands-on activities designed to bring these themes to life: decoda.ca/family-literacy-we…
#FamilyLiteracyWeek2025 #LearnToBeGreenTogether
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👋 Join us to discuss the latest results of the #PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies). How can we use them to strengthen our argument for accessibility to #literacy education and support for our work?
👉Register at: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
ALT Chart showing PIAAC results for Literacy, Numeracy and Adaptive problem solving. Webinar Running Ahead of the PIAAC with Ralf St. Clair February 11, 2025 1:00 p.m.
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✂ 👕 Here's a great "reuse" project to try this weekend for older school-aged children!
👉 Download instructions at: decoda.ca/wp-content/uploads…
#LearnToBeGreenTogether #GreenCrafts #NoSewTShirtBag #Reuse
#FLW2025 #FamilyLiteracyWeek #FamilyLiteracy
ALT Family Literacy Week January 26-February 2, 2025 An adult and child are at a table cutting a T-shirt with scissors.
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✨📚 January 30 is #ReadYourWorldDay to raise awareness about children’s books that celebrate #diversity and #inclusion, and to get books into readers' hands.
🎁📚 Find out how to win one of 12 book bundles at: readyourworld.org/2025-read-…
#MulticulturalBooks
@MCChildsBookDay
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👩🌾 #Gardening can help children with #literacy. They practice numeracy through measuring and estimating, follow instructions for planting and taking care of plants. 🌱
👉 Make an indoor vegetable garden with these instructions at: decoda.ca/resource/learn-to-…
#FamilyLiteracyWeek
ALT an adult and child holding a pot of green onions growing. Family Literacy Week January 26-February 2, 2025
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❤️Huge thanks to the @RBC employee volunteers who helped assemble literacy kits for immigrant and refugee families.
🥰 Decoda will also receive a $1,500 grant from the #RBC Communities Together Fund to support our #SaveIPALS Campaign.
👉 Learn more at: decoda.ca/saveipals/
ALT 5 RBC employees giving 'thumbs up' at the Decoda Literacy Office. hank you to RBC volunteers for assembling literacy kits for immigrant and refugee families and a $1500 contribution from the RBC Communities Together Fund! Decoda.ca
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❤️ Hear from newcomer families in #BC who say IPALS has helped them overcome barriers, understand play-based learning, helped them prepare their children for school and empowered them for the future:
decoda.ca/ipals-empowering-n…
#SaveIPALS #FamilyLiteracy #FamilyLiteracyWeek2025
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Great #FamilyLiteracyWeek #preschooler activity!
🌱👩🌾 Planting seeds and nurturing them into plants helps children practice measuring, estimating and fine motor skills while learning how to care for the planet.
👉 Learn how to make ‘grass heads’ at: decoda.ca/resource/learn-to-…
ALT Family Literacy Week January 26-February 2, 2025 A mother and child at a table with a container of grass.
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📌 Download our FREE 2025 #FamilyLiteracyWeek resources with the 🌱 #LearnToBeGreenTogether theme at: decoda.ca/resource/learn-to-…
#FLW2025
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🌱👶 👣 A nature walk is a great way for babies to engage their senses.
🌳🐦 Exploring nature through calm, multisensory experiences helps baby learn to love and appreciate nature.
👉Find ideas for a nature walk with babies: decoda.ca/resource/learn-to-…
#FamilyLiteracyWeek #Babies
ALT Family Literacy Week January 26-February 2, 2025 A mother is talking to a baby outdoors.