8.3 Guidelines for practioners

• Support participants in the construction of their Francophone identity.
• Celebrate and value families' social and cultural diversity.
• Encourage the active involvement of participants.
• Maintain a relationship of equals with the families.
• Acknowledge, celebrate and draw attention to the participation and the learning of
  participants.
• Pay attention to the regularity of participants' attendance.
• Use an approach and content that is appropriate to the development, ages, areas of interest,
  aptitudes and the life context ofthe children and the adults.
• In collaboration with the program director, choose and evaluate high-quality resources that suit
  the areas of interest and the needs of participants.
• Present high-quality learning activities that suit the needs of participants and reflect their areas
  of interest (including the acquisition of writing skills).
  
• Share with participants effective strategies that can be used with children.
  
• Make use of the techniques and strategies that help participants learn (e.g., discussions,
  demonstrations, use of images and diagrams).
• Help participants to access information on child development and the acquisition of writing
  skills and show them what they can do to help their child along.
  
• Help participants access information about the Francophone minority setting.
• Help participants access strategies for parenting that support the well-being of their child.
• Help participants improve multiple literacies in French and integrate these into their daily
  activities with their child.
• Put together resource kits in French that families can take home.
  
• Produce one's own resource materials or adapt existing resources to take into account
  participants' needs.
  
• Inform participants of Francophone resources in their community.
  
• Assist in the integration of participants in a Francophone network.
• Make participants aware of the importance of registering their child in a French-language
  school.

According to the Coalition francophone's research, partnering centres made use of best practices when
they created resources that would answer the particular needs of their clientele. The program Lire et écrire
à la maison is an example. In the program Des livres dans mon baluchon, families received a resource kit in
French to take home. The parents reported that they appreciated the strategies for improving their
parenting skills. The literacy programs gave them the opportunity to socialize in French, establish a
network in French and access information about the Francophone minority setting, among other things.