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Attention-Grabbing Tools for involving parents in their children's learning
In this age of cell phones and social media, of sound bites of eyewitness recordings, the very definition of communication is changing. This book explores a wide range of tools -- from take-home information and materials, through parent conferences and learning nights, to digital and social media. Teachers will learn new ways to establish and maintain a solid parent-teacher relationship, one that holds the child at the centre of all education decisions.
Written by: Jane Baskwill
ISBN: 9781551382838
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Attention Grabbing Tools
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Books as Bridges explores the many advantages of using books as bridges between home and school. It offers teachers strategies for using "touchstone" books to link school literacy conversations and activities with home literacy conversations and activities.
Books as Bridges introduces a process for using children's books to explore four key aspects of literacy - predictable structures, nonfiction, comprehension and imagination and language play. Each literacy aspect is described in terms of a series of strategies, which are highlighted by their use with specific touchstone books, and supported by lists of related books to consider.
Numerous reproducibles and send-home materials, as well as suggestions for supporting families for whom English is not the first language, complement this timely resource.
Written by: Jane Baskwill
ISBN 978-1-55138-250-0
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Getting Dads on Board offers teachers effective strategies for attracting, recruiting, and keeping fathers involved in their children’s literacy learning. Based on the belief that involving fathers early in their children’s learning benefits children, this practical book explores programs that increase children’s cognitive abilities, build self-esteem, and nurture social competence.
This highly-readable book includes stories from many different dads about powerful literacy events that they participated in with their children and what they learned from this experience.
From letters to send home with suggestions for games and activities to tips for organizing workshops and other literacy events, this remarkable book offers new and experienced teachers the tools they need to get and keep dads on board.
Written by: Jane Baskwill
ISBN: 9781551382340
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Picture It, Dads!
Project Summary: While the majority of parent involvement studies have focused on mothers’ involvement, particularly with young children, research thus far, although limited in scope, on the involvement, education and support programs for fathers has shown that children do better academically when fathers are involved in literacy-related activities. However, fathers’ perceptions of their role and responsibility in children's literacy development, particularly in early childhood, impact on the extent to which fathers take up that role.
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Look What I Can Do!
The Home-Based Literacy Portfolio Project involves parents of pre-school children in the development and use of home-based literacy portfolios to support their children’s developing literacy. Click the image for more.