L.E.A.R.N. offers various Family Literacy Programs in the community. Our family literacy programs are designed to strengthen and build basic literacy skills of parents while enhancing the oral language, early literacy and social interaction skills of children aged birth to 6 years. This will enable the participants to achieve success at home, school and in the community. 

Fostering the involvement of parents in their children’s learning improves the literacy skills of the family. By developing community-based partnerships that also support the development of language skills improves the results of the program.

The L.E.A.R.N. Family Literacy programs are free to the participants and are aimed at economically and socially disadvantaged families. The following groups have been identified as those with disadvantages: families with low income and education, rural Albertans, immigrants, aboriginals, culturally isolated groups, persons with disabilities, working poor, single parents and individuals with low literacy skills

Our Family Literacy Programs are offered in partnership with community agencies working with eligible clients.

These programs are made possible by funding from:
▪ Alberta Advanced Education and Technology

And with help from our community partners:
▪ St. Barnabas Church
▪ Fifth Avenue Memorial United Church
▪ Blair Stubbs & Associates Radiology Inc.
▪ Downtown Kiwanis Club of Medicine Hat
▪ Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter – Musasa House
▪ Healthy Alberta Communities
▪ EnCana
 Literacy begins in Families First 

Investing in Early Years - webcast
www.cushycms.com/temporary_uploads/100722/CECD_Webcast15by15_KershawAnderson_2010-04-07.pdf

Link to Centre For Family Literacy
www.famlit.ca/index.html