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Literacy as an Avenue for F amily Engagement

s tories from three centers Hilltop YMCA CUL Moeller Hilltop Preschool. Literacy as an Avenue for F amily Engagement. What do you know or notice about children whose families are involved and engaged with school activities?.

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Literacy as an Avenue for F amily Engagement

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  1. stories from three centers • Hilltop YMCA • CUL Moeller • Hilltop Preschool Literacy as an Avenue for Family Engagement

  2. What do you know or notice about children whose families are involved and engaged with school activities?

  3. “Increases in family involvement in the school predict increases in literacy achievement.”1 • “Family involvement in school matters most for children at greatest risk.”1 • “Lack of parental involvement is the biggest problem facing public schools.”2 What does research say about family involvement?

  4. If lack of parent involvement is a big problem in schools, what can we do about it? What are ways we can get families involved to help with student success?

  5. Hilltop YMCA • Katrina Hacker • Columbus Urban League – Moeller • Suzanne Schwartz • Hilltop Preschool • Marianne Mitchell Stories of Family Literacy Day/Night from Three Centers

  6. Hilltop YMCA Preschool

  7. Center Times are 2 ½ hours /day either 2,3,or 5 days per week • Total enrollment from 2013/2014 school year 56 children • 3 different classes • Funding is all private pay with subsidy available through the YMCA or United Way Center Demographics

  8. Every year we bring the families together for a family night. This year we decided to hold a family night dedicated to sharing some of the current research and best practice around language and literacy development.Teachers wanted to model quality, intentional interactions with children focusing on some specific literacy strategies- Interactive reading and writing, letter identification, and hearing sounds in words. Mostly we wanted the children and families to engage in literacy rich activities and enjoy being together as a way to reinforce the important partnership between parent, child and teacher. Fall Literacy Night

  9. EMAILS NEWSLETTERS Communication

  10. Email local Kindergarten Teachers Community Outreach

  11. Evening Literacy Plan

  12. Interactive writing Letters to Santa

  13. Interactive Reading with a Written Response

  14. Letter Identification

  15. Letter Sound

  16. “The part that I enjoy most was seeing caregivers interact with their children” –Ms. Jenny • “I was writing letters” – Reese • “I was writing” – Fritz • “When I think back to Literacy Night the image that stands out most is of Dilonsitting in the train with his Grandmother listening to the Polar Express” – Ms. Connie • We're sorry that we will miss this, but we have a Christmas party that night...I hope you have a good time and thank you for doing this for everyone.  It's really nice that you guys offer so many activities for the kids and families.  Thanks! - Scott Reflections

  17. Changes

  18. Columbus Urban League – Moeller Suzanne Schwartz

  19. Family Literacy Day Hilltop Preschool Columbus

  20. Total enrollment of 58 students for 2013/2014 • 2.5 Hours per day, Tuesday – Friday • Funding through private donations, Grants and ODE Expansion Grant • 90% of Families are under 100% of poverty • Average educational level of mothers is 10th grade • 68% of students scored below average on GRTR Assessment • Average income of families is less than $10,000 Center Demographics

  21. Have Fun • Family Engagement • Empowerment for Families • Improve Basic Literacy Skills and Foundations Goals of Family Literacy Day

  22. Morning and afternoon class attended at separate times • 5 stations with a teacher or literacy coach at each • Parents and extended family invited • Enjoy meal together • Send activities for parents & children to do at home Logistical Details

  23. Bingo Cards

  24. Fun activities! • Repeatable activities- rhyming cards vs. worksheet • Relational activities- something parent and child can enjoy together • Big picture ideas and practical tips Take Home Folders

  25. Rhyming Memory

  26. Rhyming Memory

  27. Directions for playing Rhyming Memory • Additional rhyming picture cards • Ideas for extension & Individualization • Odd Man Out • Rhyming Go Fish • Guess My Card Take Home Folder

  28. ABC Bingo

  29. Additional Bingo Cards & Call sheet • ABC Book list • Ideas for teaching letters • Start with name • Sing ABC song • Sensory ideas for learning letters like in sand, with play doh, finger paint Take Home Folder

  30. Read Aloud ~ Interactive Reading

  31. Read Aloud~ Interactive Reading

  32. Ideas on how to reference print • Long words, short words, upper case and lowercase letters • Pointing to each word • Ideas to extend reading • Retell story • Draw favorite part of story • Discuss what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Take Home Folder

  33. Make Your Own Valentines

  34. Make Your Own Valentines

  35. Continuum of children’s writing • Ways to support writing at home • Making a writing box that includes materials for writing • Draw a self portrait and pictures of family • Keep a simple journal. • Discuss what your rules are at home. Have your child help you write them down. Ask them what they think the rules should be and write them down. • Write a note to a friend or family member Take Home Folder

  36. Your Name in a Heart

  37. Your Name in a Heart

  38. Your Name in a Heart

  39. Lots of Books! • Writing tablets, note pads, construction paper • Markers, crayons • Pencils, colored pencils • Play doh • Finger puppets • Stuffed Animals Prizes!

  40. Fun and Smiles • High Family Engagement • High Family Participation • Since then, held a Super Science Day, Math Madness, Easter Family Day • Informal opportunities for parents to come and read with children at the end of the day What we learned…

  41. Take a moment to jot down the strengths of your center/class. • Jot down also the areas of weakness related to literacy. • How could you adjust what you’ve heard about today to meet the needs of your center? • What ideas/experiences do you think your students could benefit from? • Who could you recruit to help? Teachers? Parents? Volunteers? Now what?

  42. http://www.readingresource.net/ • “Dedicated to helping children learn to read” • http://www.pre-kpages.com/familynight/ • Low-Cost Pre-Made Family Night Printables • Many other Pre-K resources too! • http://www.fcrr.org/for-educators/sca.asp • Florida Center for Reading Research • Rhyming Memory Match Cards are from this website • http://www.drjean.org/html/monthly_act/act_2011/07_Jul_css/index.html • Dr. Jean’s Parent Pak and Related Resources • http://www.getreadytoread.org/ • Skill Building Activities related to the GRTR Assessment Planning Resources

  43. Marianne.mitchell@hilltop-preschool.org Marianne Mitchell

  44. 1 http://www.hfrp.org/family-involvement/publications-resources/family-involvement-in-school-and-low-income-children-s-literacy-performance • 2 http://michigan.gov/documents/Final_Parent_Involvement_Fact_Sheet_14732_7.pdf References

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