Council: Gaspesie Literacy Council

Workshop: Stimulating Reading with Pre-Schoolers

Duration: 8 hours (given according to demand during September - May)

Goals: To enrich the lives of pre-schoolers who have no access to books and games.

Target: Parents of pre-schoolers

Description: Parents of pre-schoolers are exposed to high interest beginner's books and taught how to model reading. During the last hour, pre-school children are brought in for a reading session.

Partners: Local library, Eastern Shores School Board

Event: READS

Duration: Event held annually in September

Goals: To stimulate interest in reading at home.

Target: Children 5-12 years

Description: An annual event at which an author is brought in to read to children grouped according to age. In 2003 Andrea Beek was the featured author reading to three hundred and fifty children aged K-6. The 2004 event will be focused on native children and the author will be from Yellowknife.

Partners: World Literacy of Canada