Literacy
Encourage parents to read and sing to their infants and children and to limit TV, video and computer games to provide more opportunities for reading.
- Read, speak, sing: promoting literacy (CPS)
- Literacy Promotion (AAP)
- Reading aloud to children: the evidence (Arch Dis Child)
Parent Resources
Caring For Kids - Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS)
Read, Speak, Sing To Your Baby: How Parents Can Promote Literacy from Birth - Canadian Paediatric Society – Caring for Kids
Promoting Reading in School-Aged Children - Canadian Paediatric Society – Caring for Kids
Caring for Kids New to Canada - Canadian Paediatric Society. https://www.kidsnewtocanada.ca/
About Kids Health - The Hospital for Sick Children
Early language development in babies and toddlers - The Hospital for Sick Children - AboutKidsHealth https://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/Article?contentid=3896&language=English
Babbling with your child - The Hospital for Sick Children - AboutKidsHealth
https://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/Article?contentid=3895&language=English
Tips for developing language at 3 years - The Hospital for Sick Children - AboutKidsHealth
https://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/Article?contentid=3897&language=English
Sensory development and activities for children older than 2 years - The Hospital for Sick Children - AboutKidsHealth
https://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/Article?contentid=3890&language=English
Spatial reasoning skills: How to foster in children - The Hospital for Sick Children - AboutKidsHealth https://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/Article?contentid=649&language=English