To celebrate Earth Month, and to continue supporting the next generation of environmental leaders, we have partnered with our friends at Let’s Talk Science to pair our favorite environmentally themed books with easy activities sure to spark your child’s interest in the environment. Each activity is meant to provide practical and fun ways for children … Read more
The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation is excited to connect our educator community to a fantastic resource built and developed in partnership with the Critical Thinking Consortium! Below you will find links to 8 different lesson plans grouped by grade range (K-3 and 4-8) that we hope will help students think deeply about important concepts around inclusion … Read more
The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation is empowering children and changing lives through books. Children and young adults in the 2SLGBTQI community, especially those who are racialized, are often underrepresented in the books they read, and in the media they consume. To help address this gap, we partnered with Skipping Stone Foundation—a nationally recognized agency … Read more
Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. As a part of our commitment to Earth Day and promoting environmental … Read more
In honour of International Women’s Day (March 8), the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation has curated a Female Voices booklist for educators, parents and caregivers to read with the children in their lives and celebrate female voices today – and every day. International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, … Read more
I Read Canadian Day is a day to raise awareness of Canadian books and celebrate the richness, diversity, and breadth of Canadian literature. Today, February 17, 2021, I Read Canadian is challenging young people to “Read Canadian” for 15 minutes. The Indigo Love of Reading team has created a list of books from Canadian Voices … Read more
In April, the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation (ILOR) committed $1 million in books and educational resources to support Canadian children in high-needs communities during the COVID-19 pandemic with the launch of the Indigo Love of Reading Community Response Fund. The first round of these grants were awarded to organizations across Canada that were able … Read more
The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation and educators from the Love of Reading community partnered with IndigoKids to host Indigo Teacher Talk to help parents who need a little extra help with their home school questions. Our educators shared their summer reading suggestions. Happy reading! Educator: Danny Grafton Grade: K-8; Librarian Province: Manitoba Fave Book: I … Read more
The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation and educators from the Love of Reading community partnered with IndigoKids to host Indigo Teacher Talk to help parents who need a little extra help with their home school questions. Our educators shared their summer reading suggestions. Happy reading!
The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation and educators from the Love of Reading community partnered with IndigoKids to host Indigo Teacher Talk to help parents who need a little extra help with their home school questions. This video, our educators are sharing recommendations for children’s books on Social-Emotional Learning to help kids talk about mental … Read more