Council: The Learning Exchange

Workshops: The Learning Exchange develops family literacy workshops as required to address need. Examples:

• How Can We Help Our Children Succeed?
• Reading, Writing at Home
• Family Information Session
• Homework Tips
• Reading Can be "Beary" Fun

Goals:

• To promote family reading.
• To instill a love of reading in families.
• To provide ideas to make reading/writing a success.

Duration: 2-3 hours

Target: Depends on workshop

Description: Specific to each workshop

Event: Book Bags/Interactive reading and story telling

Goals: To provide fun, interactive reading opportunities to children in Cycles I and II. To provide family literacy information to families.

Date: Early February

Description: During February, in celebration of International Family Literacy Day and "I Love to Read" week, The Learning Exchange family literacy volunteers and Executive Director visit local elementary schools. The volunteers read to the children and give out goodies such as books, pencils, pads and stickers. Family literacy information booklets are distributed to all children in Kindergarten through grade three to bring home to their families.

Partners: Sir Wilfrid Laurier Elementary schools (2); Laval Multicultural Library