Get ready to celebrate all things LITERACY throughout September!
International Literacy Day is celebrated every year on September 8.
Adult Education and Family Literacy Week is September 18 – 24.
And in the US, we just go ahead and celebrate the whole month as National Literacy Month.
In 2022, the theme of International Literacy Day is “Transforming literacy learning spaces.”
This year’s choice of theme is an invitation to rethink the fundamental importance of literacy learning spaces to build resilience, and to ensure quality, equitable, and inclusive education for all.
What are your learning spaces?
You might think first of traditional locations – schools, colleges, classrooms. But look again. You might also see –
Your living room at home, where you read aloud to your children. Your grandma’s kitchen, where she shows you how to follow a recipe. Your father’s garden, checking seed packets to see how much sun and water each one needs. On the city bus, playing “I Spy” with signs and advertisements.
Almost anywhere can be a literacy learning space. When we see them that way, almost anything is possible.
Resources for Literacy Month
However you want to get involved this month, there are resources to support you.
Literacy means -
For something quick and easy, print off our “Literacy means – ” graphics (below, or in our July blog post) and use them on your social media or website. If you were at the recent conference, we printed one inside the cover of your program, so you can go find that one and save yourself the printing!
Maybe you can laminate the page, or put it inside a wipe-off pouch – and then you can write in the space using a whiteboard marker, and use the image over and over for different people.
Resources & Toolkits
And there are toolkits and other resources all over the place! Use the buttons below to see what literacy partners and advocates across the country have prepared for you.
Use these hashtags when you post on social media this month:
#Literacy22
#AEFLWeek
#AdultEd
#AdultLiteracy
#FamLit
#FamilyLiteracy
#LiteracyTransformsTX
Have a great September!
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