In celebration of the 10th annual Family Literacy Day, Jan. 27, founding sponsor Honda Canada and ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation offer tips for fun activities to help build literacy skills. These activities are listed on www.abc-canada.org/fld. While visiting the site, families can also enter the Munsch at Home contest to win a special visit from Canadian children's author Robert Munsch and a 10th year special treat - a weekend trip to Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls.

To be eligible to enter the Munsch at Home contest, families must submit a brief description of their planned Family Literacy Day event to ABC CANADA by 5 p.m. Dec. 14. The winning family can also name a public library or literacy group to also receive a visit from Munsch.

Family Literacy Day was established to encourage families to learn together throughout the year.

"There are all sorts of fun things families can do to read and learn together," says Margaret Eaton, president of ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation. "Be creative. Take time to explore, share ideas and encourage your hobbies and interests. Everyone in the family will benefit."

Here are 10 tips of what you can do as a family:

10. Create a family book club. Read and discuss the books together.

9. Make a Board Game Night. Invite another family for a challenge.

8. Have your kids create the map for your next road trip then they can navigate by reading signs and billboards. Create a trip journal.

7. Read news articles and magazines and then discuss current affairs together.

6. Volunteer as a family to read at a children's hospital or at a senior's centre.

5. Surf the Internet together to find great sites that support your hobbies.

4. Read a classic adventure together. If your children like Survivor, they will love Treasure Island.

3. Research and write your family's history. Use the Internet, family letters and documents as resources and interview your relatives.

Sing favourite songs. Find out more about the songwriter or singer on the Internet. Make up your own songs.

1. Write your own adventure. Write a short story as a family with alternative endings written by each family member.

For additional Family Literacy Day tips, activities and Munsch at Home contest details and rules, visit www.abc-canada.org/fld.

Family Literacy Day, now in its 10th year, was created by ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation and is generously supported by founding sponsor Honda Canada.