1 – tools 2 – parents work or education ready 3 – engage in literacy/math activities regularly 4 – school ready
K - Parents will know the developmental stages of reading and language.
K - Children will know the three basic shapes and their presence in the environment.
A - Parents can appreciate the importance of “non-literary” environmental print as a learning tool.
A – Parents will appreciate the importance of exposing the child to a wide variety of experiences.

A. PARENT LEARNING

Opening Activity

• Welcome and introductions
• A Penny for your Thoughts. Hand out pennies – have the parents look at each penny and find the year; share something about themselves that happened during that year either personal or within the world

Review

• Literate home — discussion around have you implemented any new literacy/math practices at home? If yes, which ones? How is it going?
• Did you do any literacy activities at home?
• Read with Child Daily – Key Message #1

Introduce Topics
Stages of Reading, Environmental Print, Magic of Print, Language and General Knowledge

Stages of Reading
“Literacy Beanstalk.” Before class, create a visual representation of a beanstalk. Put each of the stages of the beanstalk on a leaf. Then when you bring it to class, only put up the outside of the beanstalk. If you have a large group, give one leaf to each parent and have her/him place in the appropriate spot on the beanstalk. If you have a small group, give each parent more than one leaf of the beanstalk. In any case, keep in mind that this is a difficult activity to do. It will help them remember the stages of reading though. Emphasize that it is the “stages” not “ages” of reading. All children pass through these stages but at different times. Now have them refer to their parent handout “Climbing the Beanstalk” which details the stages of reading.