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Learning Together assists parents to improve their own reading and writing skills while learning how to help their preschool children become successful learners. The program has three components – sessions with the parents, sessions with the children and sessions with the parents and children together.
A research component to this program was conducted by the University of Alberta.
- Parents learn about how their children become readers and writers
- Parents learn ways to help their children in the early stages of reading and writing
- Parents improve their own reading and writing skills at the same time
- Children receive an enriched early childhood program that will help them acquire the necessary skills for being successful readers and writers
- Parents practice with their children what they have learned about supporting their children's language and literacy development
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- Assists parents in their ability to help support their children’s learning development
- Increases parents' literacy levels
- Increases children’s language and early literacy skills
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Program Location
This program was offered at a number of school
locations over its 5 years:
John A. McDougall
Elementary School
Wetaskiwin Elementary School
Millet
Elementary School
North Edmonton Elementary School
Tipaskan Elementary School
Mother Teresa Elementary School
Learning Together: Read and Write with Your Child was funded by:
Alberta Advanced Education, Community Programs
National Literacy Secretariat
For more information on this program, please call (780) 421-7323 or e-mail info@famlit.ca
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What parents have said about the program:
“I have more confidence in reading and writing with my child.”
“This program helped my child …my baby is helped too … he now listens to a story every night.”
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