Play With Your Literacy Skills! Plan to meet your friends or family. • give them directions to a place you like in your neighbourhood Write down how to play your favourite childhood game and teach your family how to play it. • learn how you can Play for Literacy and make a difference at www.FamilyLiteracyDay.ca Share a bedtime story with your child. • act out the story using different voices and sound effects Go to the library with your family. • read or borrow books and magazines on your favourite hobbies Try out this recipe for Jam-Filled French Toast Sandwiches. • make them together as a family Jam-Filled French Toast Sandwiches Ingredients 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 cup of milk 8 slices of bread 4 eggs 8 tablespoons fruit jam 4 teaspoons sugar Directions 1 Get a large bowl (big enough to fit a slice of bread) and mix the milk and eggs in the bowl. 2 Get a small bowl and mix the sugar and cinnamon in the bowl. 3 Spread jam on one side of each slice of bread. 4 Put two pieces of bread together to make a jam sandwich. 5 Dip the jam sandwich into the large bowl, turning it over to cover the sandwich on both sides with the milk and eggs mix. 6 Lightly grease a frying pan and warm it on the stove top. 7 Put the jam sandwich in the frying pan. 8 Cook for two minutes on one side and flip to cook other side until golden brown on both sides. 9 Sprinkle the sugar and cinnamon on top of each sandwich. Serve warm. Tip: Use maple syrup, honey, peanut butter or fruit slices instead of jam! Read together. Grow together. Learn more at www.FamilyLiteracyDay.ca Thanks To Our Partners: Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association, Annick Press, Astral Media, BabyStages.ca, BCPVPA, Black Press, BMO Financial Group (BMOTron), Brandworks International, Calgary’s Child Magazine, CanadaEast.com, Canada’s History, CanadianBride.com, Canadian Community Newspapers Association, Canadian Family, Canadian Geographic, Canadian Library Association, Canadian Newspaper Association, Capital Parent Newspaper, Captivate Network, CBC.ca, CBS Outdoor, Chatelaine, chickaDEE, Chirp, Clear Channel Outdoor Canada, Concerned Children’s Advertisers, Corus Entertainment, Credit Union Central of Canada, CTV, Durham Parent, Edmonton’s Child Magazine, Education Forum, Education Today, Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, Embassy, enRoute, Exceptional Family, Famous Magazine, Faze Magazine, HSBC Bank Canada, Island Parent Magazine, KidsAroundCanada.com, kidsinvictoria.com, Kumon, Les Hebdos du Quebec, Life Learning Magazine, Manitoba Community Newspapers Association, Metromedia Plus, Michael Martchenko, Montreal Families, National Adult Literacy Database, Natural Life Magazine, newmarketbaby.ca, News Canada, Niagara Life Magazine, NOW, ONESTOP, Ottawa Life Magazine, Our Canada, Our Children Magazine, Our Kids Go to Camp Magazine, OWL, Parents Canada, parentcentral.ca, ParentSource.ca, Pattison, PopMagazine.com, Postmedia Raise-a-Reader, Quebec Community Newspapers Association, Quebec Federation of Home and School NEWS, Reader’s Digest/Sélection Reader’s Digest, Robert Munsch, Saltscapes Magazine, Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association, SavvyMom Media, Scholastic Canada, SchoolFinder.com, Spirit of the North Magazine, Sun Media, The Globe and Mail, The Hill Times, The Little Paper, The Magazine – Entertainment, Life & Stuff!, The Parenting Show, thestarphoenix.com, The Walrus, thecoast.ca, theweathernetwork.com, Transcontinental Media, TITAN, TodaysBride.ca, Today’s Parent, Toronto Public Library, Torstar, Tribute Entertainment, urbanbaby & toddler magazine, WestCoast Families Magazine, What If?, What’s UP Magazine, WhoaMagazine.com, Windsor Parent Magazine, Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg Parent Newsmagazine, Yellow Pages Group, yoyobelly.ca, yoyomama.ca, YummyMummyClub.ca, Zamoof!, Zoom Media.