Table 5: continued

Parent Role Activities in Support of Literacy Limitations in Achieving School Literacy
Use Personal Resources to Support Learning Establish Good Health Routines
- eat healthy meals and snacks
- get sufficient rest
- balance leisure and school activities
- transportation problems
- inconsistent in following routines
- financial restraints
- lack goals for wellness practices to maximize present and future health
Extend Literacy Activities Read and Talk Together
- regular bedtime story
- talk about day at school
- bedtime stories used as a privilege
- little dramatic effect
- inappropriate for child's age level
Share in Play Activities
- develop vocabulary
- flat affect
- disengaged or detached
Use Literacy in Daily Routines
- make and use shopping lists
- follow directions and recipes
- unable to recognize the purpose
- allow television on during meals
- carry out activity alone
Model Literate Behaviours
- read in front of child
- do paperwork and book
keeping (cheques, forms, cards and notes)
- do crossword puzzles
- separate self in time and space from their children
- do not show enjoyment or positive affect