Organization: Family Ties - New Carlisle

Program: Reading Circles

Goals: To foster a love of reading in children.

Target: Children in grades 2-5

Description: An average of 15 pupils take part every Wednesday for 1.5 hours of reading from grades 2-5. They choose a book, read it together, read silently on their own, then write a draft related to their story, play educational games, and perform skits or plays related to their story.

Program: Born to Read

Goals: To promote reading in families

Target: Parents of young children

Desctiption: This activity promotes reading. It consists of three parts:

1. Each baby is given a bag of books at their first immunization.
2. Each child is given a bag consisting of books, crayons, coloring books and activity books at their pre-school immunization.
3. Parents are given a "briefcase" of information on parenting.

Partners: The following partners work in collaboration with each other on the Born to Read program and Reading Circle program:

• Eastern Shores School Board
• Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations
• New Carlisle High School
• CLSC.