Through charades and craft activities, the speakers tried to pass on the passion for French. Adults were also invited by COMSEP, reminding us that their involvement is critical to children’s academic success.

Illiteracy is often intergenerational. If you are illiterate and don’t volunteer with a literacy organization, there is a 98% chance your children will be illiterate, eventually drop out, and lose what they learn.underlined Marie-Josée Tardif, deputy coordinator of the community organization.

A few days earlier, a study revealed worrying data on literacy levels outside of cities. Its author, economist Pierre Langlois, shows that the gap between readers in metro Montreal and those living in regional centers like Trois-Rivières and La Tuque has widened.

We see progress in Quebec’s regional literacy index between 2016 and 2021. On the other hand, there is a surprise in the outlying regions, which are advancing at a slower pace than the major urban centershe explains.

By encouraging parents to take literacy classes and encourage reading at home, COMSEP advocates that literacy is a family affair.

For a long time I thought about how we can help and support children. The support from the parents is particularly noteworthysaid Céline Descarreaux, former teacher and moderator at COMSEP.

Significant results can be achieved with this approach. This was particularly true of Éric Gravel, a father who has been attending popular workshops for several years. At first I could neither read nor write. I made it for the kids because they need a father and mother to do their homework and classeshe says.

Her weekly visits helped her improve her French and turned her daughter into a voracious bookworm.

We have a great success with his daughter because she loves to read. I caught her reading books in her gallery on a Friday afternoon. That was good for my heart and since then we have been providing it with booksexclaimed Marie-Josée Tardif with a smile on her face.

With information from Marie-Ève ​​​​Trudel