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:
