National Adult Literacy Database

Books in the Home is a program used widely in Canada. The program is based on the belief that parents are children's first and most important teachers. In this program, parents learn to read and share books with their children in positive and enjoyable ways. The program promotes reading and writing of both parents and children.

This program manual has been written to assist community groups who are interested in organizing and delivering a Books in the Home program in their community.

Good night, Baby Bear is the book used for this manual. It contains all kinds of family literacy learning activities such as poems and stories to learn, colouring pages, a shape game and many others.