Kids across the Province will head to school Thursday for Literacy Day.

Reading and Writing skills are both celebrated and worked on during this day presented by the Sask. Literacy Network.

Kevin Garinger is the Director of Education for Horizon School Division.

He talks about the importance of literacy.

"Of course our children are successful when they're able to be successful in areas such as reading, writing, being able to be literate in other areas such as mathematics, numerical literacy, that sort of thing. Our focus in Horizon School Division has been very much directed at making sure our kids are able to read."

He describes the work done to work on literacy.

"I know schools are planning certain things and certainly one of the things that we're going to ensure that continues to take place is that we have our children reading and writing. I know our schools are very eager to  continue that important work and will continue it through out the school year."

Garinger explains what the teachers do to make sure students are up to pace in the classroom.

"Our reading, I liken it to when you're lifting weights. If you're able to lift weights and you're not lifting too much, too heavy, that sort of thing, you'll get stronger. At the same time, you can't lift too little or you won't get stronger either. Finding that balance is really critical and that's what our teachers do."

Students will also work with Canadian writer Sigmund Brouwer on literacy skills this week.

Approximately half of Canadians aged 16 to 65 have what is determined as weak literacy.

You can hear Kevin Garinger's full interview with Bolt FM's Clark Stork here: