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It’s Storytime in the Laval community!
Storytime events take place in the evenings making it fun for all to wear pyjamas, robes and slippers. Participants are also encouraged to bring teddy bears and other stuffed animals. The Cat-in the-Hat is always on hand to greet and interact with the families!
There are lots of fun stations to visit:
- Making a bookmark
- Interactive stories in the reading tent
- Word and alphabet puzzles
- Exchange-a-Book
- Story Wall drawings
- Pick-a-Book
- For parents: Creating a Writing Kit | Two kits are given via raffle
Past visits:
Hillcrest Academy
Twin Oaks Elementary
Souvenir Elementary
Family Literacy volunteers will be visiting elementary schools in the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board area to read interactive stories with children. These events are taking place a few times a year and are a fun and rewarding experience for all involved!! Children will also be delighted by a visit from the Cat-in-the-Hat!
TLE is looking for family literacy volunteers for these events as well.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
TLE’s Cat-in-the-Hat Returns: Storytime in the Community project will take place in an informal, supportive, story-rich environment with guidance from family literacy volunteers, storytellers, educators, authors and facilitators. Community family literacy events will include Cat-in-the-Hat themed reading events and parent information sessions, pyjama storytelling nights, interactive school reading visits, author’s visits, and How-to-Make a Fabulous Writing Kit workshops, to name a few. As well, family literacy team members, wearing Dr. Suess T-shirts and fun accessories, will visit schools and daycares in the Laval area to generate excitement around reading. The objective of this project is to strengthen family literacy practices within the community ultimately impacting school perseverance and the literacy level of children 0-12 years old through early and ongoing reading interventions. Through informative and fun prevention and intervention activities TLE will develop a synergy between the community, the school network and partners in order to bring family literacy resources, support and services to families. These amazing experiences will inspire the whole family and excite young minds, making the project integral to the English-speaking community.
OBJECTIVES
In 2018/2019, impact the literacy level of children 0-12 years old by reaching 2000+ families/children in the Laval and Northshore community through innovative family literacy services/events, parent support, improved access to storybooks and family literacy resources, resulting in good literacy practices in the home.
- Strengthen family literacy practices within community
- Impact school perseverance and success through early reading interventions
- Instil a love of learning and a desire to read together as a family
STORYTIME & STORYTELLING EVENTS
- Cat-in-the-Hat themed reading and storytelling events
- Parent information and resources sessions
- Pyjama Storytime nights for the family
- Interactive school reading visits
- Book distribution within the community of free English children’s books and Family Literacy information
- Family literacy themed workshops and information for example: How-to-Make a Fabulous Writing Kit
PURPOSE/IMPACT
- Help develop interest in reading/writing among children and their parents, including early learning for children aged 0-5:
- Help to instil a love of reading and learning at an early age
- Teach participants how to integrate good literacy practices in their home with their children
- Support new immigrant families and parents with low literacy skills: Provide innovative literacy instruction to parents/families in need, to be able to read and animate family literacy activities at home
- Help parents learn to be more comfortable reading and telling stories to their children
- Widely distribute English storybooks within the community to children and their families
- Increase public awareness and sensitization to the importance of early reading and writing practices at home
- Provide storytime workshop sessions to parents/families and their children to help establish family reading and writing practices at home
- Inspire families to learn together: Help families create reading/writing kits for use at home with their children
A LEARNING EXCHANGE project funded through:
The Cat in the Hat is BACK at SWLSB!
We had another fun Story Time in the Community at Twin Oaks Elementary School in Laval!
Story time events take place in the evening making it fun for all to wear pyjamas, robes and slippers…and don’t forget the teddy bears and other stuffed animals. The Cat-in the-Hat is always on hand to greet and interact with the families!
We had lots of fun stations for the children and their parents or other family members to visit:
- Making a bookmark
- Interactive stories in the reading tent
- Word and alphabet puzzles
- Exchange-a-Book
- Story Wall drawings
- Pick-a-Book
- For parents: Creating a Writing Kit | Two kits were drawn for two lucky winners
