- Find a location in your
community that you can start the Literacy Treasure Hunt from: school, band
office, church, community centre
- Advertise the event at least one
week before the event. Go into schools and talk to the students and tell them
about the event. Make sure to have free give-aways for all the participants and
prizes for the winners. Put up posters and give personal invitations to all
students in the school. Advertising an event is the key to its
- Photocopy the Literacy Treasure
- Have the participants work in
teams of 2 - 4 people depending on the number of children
- Make sure to inform community
members that children will be knocking on their doors for the Literacy Treasure
- Have people in the community
volunteer to help with the event. Children will need help reading the sheet,
writing the poem and understanding the instructions. One volunteer per team
would be good.
- Be sure to explain the rules
clearly and ask if there are any questions before the race begins.
- Provide snacks and refreshments
for the participants after the hunt.
- Give a prize to the winning
team. (ask local businesses, or organizations for donations, call the NWT
Literacy Council for book prizes!) Provide a small prize for all participants.
(pens, pencils, erasers, bookmarks)