The Parent-Child Mother Goose Program is being offered in Edmonton in partnership with Prospects Literacy Association. A number of literacy workers in the province have also attended a training workshop and will be adapting the program for use in their communities.

Learning and Reading Partners
Another family literacy model that is being introduced to Alberta this year is the Learning and Reading Partners (LRP) program. Developed in Prince Edward Island, this approach to family literacy is aimed at supporting parents of school-age children. There is also a program being designed for parents of pre-school children, and one for parents with literacy difficulties.

Through a series of workshops and supporting program binder, LRP teaches parents strategies to use with their children to enhance learning and school success. These strategies are divided into those focusing on process of thinking, process of reading, process of writing, processing information, understanding the learner, and life management.

Learning and Reading Partners is being piloted in Edmonton by Prospects Literacy Association. (See MacIsaac, Maitland in Works Cited for reference.)