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Miami-Dade County School Board chair and District 6 representative, Mari Tere Rojas, at the school board meeting of Oct. 16, proffered agenda item H-4, endorsing National Family Literacy Day, Nov. 1, in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
National Family Literacy Day, celebrated across the United States, focuses on special activities and events that showcase the importance of family literacy programs. In 1994, the United States Congress issued Joint Resolution 413 declaring National Family Literacy Day.
Since 1994, the annual event has been celebrated officially on Nov. 1, but there is no reason not to continue the celebration the entire month of November. National Family Literacy Day seeks to provide families the freedom to promote and enjoy the love for literacy in their homes.
Families often find themselves having to deal with financial and health worries, among other things, but this observance should give parents the opportunity to nurture meaningful and positive interactions with their children through literary activities.
Furthermore, with the ever-changing and evolving nature of technological advancement, and with mobile phones and laptops taking center stage in the modern world, families are finding it more challenging to find time for reading. Encouraging this practice for the love of reading in the younger generation is one of the best legacies to leave for them.
Family literacy is about family members enhancing and improving reading skills with activities they do together. Family literacy incorporates a variety of tools such as books with words, picture books, storytelling, reading software, dramatic plays, and many more. Components of good family literacy programs involve the entire family, with children of all ages, parents, siblings, grandparents, etc., regardless of each family member’s reading ability and the language spoken at home.
This celebration not only highlights the power and joys of reading, but it can improve creativity and widen one’s perspective on life. Additionally, it aims to bring families even closer as they laugh and learn together.
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