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It is open to anyone interested in discovering how to engage families in “learning fun,” learning the theory and guiding principles of family literacy, and how to plan family literacy activities and programs that work for your community. This six-hour workshop is for anyone who wants to learn more about family literacy. This workshop encourages creative inter-generational family literacy programming while having fun! We will exercise our imaginations as we examine new ways of learning through exploring the world around us.
In this half-day, hands-on workshop, participants will gain fresh ideas and practical resources to create their own exciting learning experiences for children and families. *Introduction to Family Literacy is a prerequisite.Įngaging Children and Families in Learning Fun It provides facilitators practice in using children’s books as a springboard for discussing parenting topics, for helping parents and caregivers support their children’s learning, and for helping program participants explore their own learning needs. This two-day training uses children’s books as a starting point for families to develop and practice literacy skills. You can see the books in our library here.Please contact the Saskatchewan Literacy Network for more information or to arrange for any of the following trainings.Įmail: Read With Me Facilitator Training We believe that learning to read in this manner instills in your child a much more positive attitude about reading and will set him or her on the pathway to reading to learn. In addition, children look at the pictures and not the words. The screen accompaniment is necessary because the words in picture books are usually difficult to read because of their small size and fancy fonts. Our application is more interactive and somewhat more demanding than normal reading but as parents or caregivers you are starting your child’s road to literacy. Our observations have shown that children find the written words as part and parcel of shared reading, especially if it is begun early. Your child is usually engaged in your shared reading times, and it offers an ideal opportunity for giving them the opportunity to learn to read naturally. The printed text that the child sees has typical punctuation and is presented in a large easy-to-read type font.
This method of presentation has been proven to be a valid method of reading text, and it allows your child to focus on each word separately at their center of attention. The words will occur one at a time on the screen, and will follow their sequential order in the sentence (even though some of the earlier words in the sentence might be missing). The words from the sentence you just read will then appear on the screen. You activate this recognition by touching the screen before you begin reading a sentence from the book, and touch it again when you have finished reading the sentence. For best accuracy, you will want to read clearly and with emphasis as you usually do with your child. This application carries out automated speech recognition under your command. When you dictate a sentence from the book, your child can now see the printed words from the book on the screen. The printed text that the child sees has typical punctuation and is presented in an easy-to-read type font. The default settings are reasonable for most children, and you will quickly determine the optimal settings that seem appropriate for your child. For each recorded sentence, choose the number of words that your child will see, as well as the duration for each word. Then go to the Settings to allow the reading experience to be uniquely tailored to your child. Select this book from our library by touching the start icon. To begin, just search our library for a physical book you have available to read. This experience allows your child to learn to read naturally in the same manner that they learn to understand what you say. The words are presented dynamically one at a time in large type and stay on the screen long enough for the child to attend to the words and eventually learn to read them. The goal of the Read With Me! is to embrace your child’s ability to learn to read naturally during your normal picture book reading time. The goal s to embrace your child’s ability to learn to read naturally in the same manner that they learn to understand what you say.