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Strategies, Ideas and Activities for Engaging Parents in Emergent Literacy Development: Ten years of Best Practices. Lorri Sauve, M.A. Program Coordinator Joanne Davis Assistant Coordinator Project READ Literacy Network. Agenda. Opening Activity Goals Key Messages of Get Set Learn - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Lorri Sauve, M.A.Program Coordinator
Joanne DavisAssistant Coordinator
Project READ Literacy Network
Opening Activity Goals Key Messages of Get Set Learn Rope Activity – where learning
occurs Strategies/tips for working with
families Emergent Literacy activities Website Summary
The best learning occurs “on the ropes” In your work with families, you need to get
the parents “on the ropes” What types of families do you see?
Learn about family literacy Have fun using the GSL
intergenerational model Understand the 3 Key Messages Feel confident in knowing how to
encourage parents in creating a literacy-rich home
1. Read with your child daily
2. Play with your child in ways that are literacy and math rich
3. Let your child see you using reading, writing, and math skills in every day life
Two hour program that occurs 2 times per week for 10 weeks
FACT time Parent only time/child only time
Practice emotionally centred learning Do relationship-building with families Work from a strength-based approach Provide a safe and nurturing learning
environment Ensure you have resource-rich give aways (e.g.
Food, books, crayons) Use real-life, simple activities (e.g. Setting the
table, sorting laundry) Provide low cost or no cost activities for home
activities
Engage families in conversation Actively listen Ask questions Build relationships
“No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship.”
Connors
Purpose: to encourage positive interaction with other family members (build relationships) while doing literacy and math activities
Families are encouraged to explore toys, books, and puzzles and engage with each other
Is intergenerational
What is it?Learning concepts and skills through play.
Why do it?“When a person is fully engaged and
concentrating on a play activity, the greatest, easiest, and most learning takes place.”
Gopnik, 2009Don’t assume that parents know this
“If a parent cannot read, there will be no success in asking the parent to read to the child.”
- Ruby Payne, A Framework for Understanding Poverty, 2005
- Mother’s literacy level is an indicator of child’s future success
“Emotionally-centred learning recognizes the importance of emotional engagement as the basis for learning. This engagement underlies language and skills development and supports the transfer of learning from the classroom to the real world.”
Anne Ramsay, 2010
4 A’s include: Ask Affirm Add Again Do “role play” activity
Use of technology e.g. tumblebooks Resources in community
Activity – choose to create a “calendar”, “status update on child” or “information letter”
In small groups, describe how you would make it easier for low literate and SLL families to understand
Math in a grocery bagwww.youtube.com/watch?v=khkxeDsTAlw
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