2 – parents become work or education ready 7 – translate school system 8 - parents advocate for self and child
K - Parents will understand the different learning styles
   - Parents will understand the term Media Literacy
S - Parents will be able to identify their learning style and their child’s learning style
A - Parents will understand the need to tailor their teaching time with their child to the child’s learning style

A. PARENT LEARNING

Opening Activity

• Welcome
  
  
• Spider Web. Begin with putting all of the parents in a circle. Facilitator starts with a ball of yarn and tosses it to a parent. The facilitator says one thing that they learned this week. Then the parent repeats what the facilitator said and says one thing they learned this week. That parent tosses the yarn to another parent. Continue with each parent repeating what every person before has said and tossing to another parent. Facilitator to conclude the activity by stressing how we are all linked (like the internet or a spider’s web).

Review

• Multiple Intelligences
• Parent as a Role Model – Key message #3

Introduce Topics
Learning Styles, Media Literacy

Learning Styles
People learn in different ways. Some learn best by seeing, others by hearing, others by doing. If you know your child’s preferred learning style, you can help that child learn more effectively by ensuring that difficult concepts are taught to your child in his preferred learning style. It is also important for you to know your own learning style because this is likely the one you will use the most when teaching your child. However, your child won’t necessarily have strengths in your preferred learning style.

Provide opportunities for your child to learn the world using all of the senses. Schools traditionally use visual and auditory methods to teach children concepts however, many children learn better by doing things.