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61. Learning Activity Cards (2003)
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
This document contains 24 cards with different learning activities on each card. These cards provide great learning ideas and activities for parents to enjoy with their children.
Added: 2003-10-02
62. Let's Play and Learn (2010)
Series: How To Kit
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
The goal of this how-to kit is to help parents of young children understand the vital role of play in their development. It includes suggestions for a variety of indoor and outdoor activities; ideas for rhyming games and songs; and advice for setting up a playgroup.
The authors have also included information on how the brain develops and advice for giving babies the care and attention needed for healthy brain development. The suggestions are broken down by age group, from newborn through the toddler years.
Added: 2010-11-30
63. Let's sing together (2008)
Authors: Julie Boucher, Michèle O'Connell
Collection: Learning Materials
This booklet is a collection of songs and rhymes that parents and children can enjoy together. By singing, dancing and playing with their child, parents help develop their child's language and help better prepare him or her for school.
When parents and children sing together, the child learns to listen; to wait for his or her turn; to imitate gestures, sounds and words; and learns new words and actions.
This booklet, that accompanied a CD-ROM of songs,is part of the "Talk With Me" program, a free early language service for all children aged 0 to 5 years old. This project was realized by Julie Boucher and Michèle O'Connell, Speech-Language Pathologists of the Talk With Me Service in Regional Health Authority 4 in New Brunswick.
Added: 2009-02-04
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64. Library preschool storytimes: Developing early literacy skills in children (2008)
Authors: Judy MacLean
Collection: Research Materials
Public libraries have traditionally offered early literacy programming to preschool children in the form of story times. Do public library story times prepare children to be ready to learn when they enter school? Is there scientific research to support these intuitive beliefs? Are public libraries really setting the stage for future successes in learning? This report delves into literature reviews and research to answer these questions and more. The report also explains how libraries can promote pre-reading skills through preschool story times.
Added: 2009-06-24
65. The Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps - 2012 Report (2012)
Series: The Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps
Authors: Frontier College
Collection: Research Materials
Since 2005, the Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps have been offered in remote First Nation communities in northern Ontario to help children retain and build their literacy skills over the long school vacation. This report outlines the highlights of the 2012 camps.
In previous years, Frontier College managed camp programming while the Office of the Lieutenant Governor managed fundraising. As of 2012, Frontier College has assumed responsibility for fundraising too. The organization is also working to build better coordination and support for some of the other programs delivered in the territory of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, an organization that represents 49 First Nation communities in northern Ontario.
In 2012, a total of 2,438 children in camps held in 28 remote communities. About 600 community members, elders, and parents visited the camps. Almost 1,700 books were distributed free of charge to children attending the camps.
In follow-up evaluations, 96 percent of educators reported positive impacts on learning among children who had attended the camps.
Frontier College is a national literacy organization that forms partnerships to provide learning opportunities for Canadians of all ages.
Added: 2013-03-08
66. The Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps Managed by Frontier College – 2009 Report (2009)
Series: The Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps
Authors: Frontier College
Collection: Research Materials
The Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps are offered annually in remote First Nation communities in northern Ontario. The camp program is implemented by Frontier College, a national literacy organization that works in partnership with others to provide learning opportunities for Canadians of all ages.
In 2009, a total of 2,228 children and youth attended the camps. That figure was slightly lower than the previous year because of the effect of the H1N1 influenza virus on two communities. Campers read and borrowed more than 11,000 books over the summer, an average of close to five books per camper and about two more books on average than the previous summer.
Educators and band council members in four communities reported that students who took part in the camps performed better in standardized tests; demonstrated better retention of reading skills; and exhibited positive learning habits and behaviours after the summer.
Parents and community members also became more involved in the camps in 2009. For instance, there were about 300 more visits to the camps by community leaders and parents than in the previous year.
Added: 2012-05-04
67. The Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps Managed by Frontier College – 2010 Report (2010)
Series: The Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps
Authors: Frontier College
Collection: Research Materials
Every year, the Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps are offered in remote First Nation communities in northern Ontario. The camp program is managed by Frontier College, a national literacy organization that forms partnerships to provide learning opportunities for Canadians of all ages.
In 2010, more than 2,200 children and youth attended the camps, reading more than 13,000 books over the summer. Two hundred and ten children completed a reading assessment at the beginning and end of camp, and 87 percent of them had improved their reading over the course of the summer.
A random sample of band council members, parents and educators reported that students who took part in the camps performed better in standardized tests; demonstrated better retention of reading skills; and exhibited positive learning habits and behaviours after the summer.
Added: 2012-04-24
68. The Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps Managed by Frontier College – 2011 Report (2011)
Series: The Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps
Authors: Frontier College
Collection: Research Materials
The Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps, managed by Frontier College, give young people in remote First Nations communities in northern Ontario a chance to enhance their literacy and numeracy skills in a fun setting.
This report describes the program activities for 2011, during what proved to be a very challenging summer. It was the worst forest fire season in northern Ontario in many years, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents and shortening the season for the reading camps.
However, the authors note that despite the shortened season, campers read and borrowed more than 4,800 books during the summer and recorded strong levels of participation and engagement. Band council members, parents, and educators reported that students who participated in the camps were performing better in standardized tests; demonstrating better retention of reading skills; and exhibiting positive learning habits and behaviours.
The authors note that 1,410 children and youth attended the 2011 camps and, if the fires had not led to evacuations, the camps would have been on track to serve 2,800 children, a 27 percent increase over 2010.
Frontier College is a national literacy organization that works in partnership with others to provide learning opportunities for Canadians of all ages.
Added: 2012-07-18
69. Literacy Development from Birth to Age Three (2012)
Based on the Nipissing Developmental Screen
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
Parents and other family members play a key role in a child's early development; they are their children’s first, and most important, teachers. The foundation for literacy development begins when children are very young, long before they go to school. The Northwest Territories Literacy Council has developed this booklet to help parents and other caregivers understand children’s literacy development at different ages and stages from two months to six years, and how they can support it. The information has been broken down into three parts: what young children are able or trying to do; what parents can do to support their children; and materials that help support children’s literacy development.
Added: 2008-03-25
70. Literacy Programs for Children - Kindergarten to Grade 6: Final Report (2008)
Authors: Frontier College
Collection: Research Materials
This document outlines the research Frontier College carried out between 2006 and 2008 on its programs for children in Kindergarten to Grade 6. The goal was to obtain valid reading assessment data; to identify best practices; and to investigate the impact of these programs.
These programs include reading circles, after-school programs, and in-school tutoring. In total, 12 programs in Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Hamilton, Kingston, Toronto and Halifax were evaluated.
The results showed an overall positive response to the programs, with 91 per cent of the research participants rated them as very good or excellent and 71 per cent of parents noting that their children's schoolwork had improved.
The authors describe the quantitative and qualitative research methods used in the study. They include testimonials from parents and tutors in the programs; discuss the lessons learned from the process; and provide a list of the features of a successful program.
Funders:
- Ontario Ministry of Education and Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Added: 2010-05-05
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