Family Literacy Programs include:

• PRINTS (Parents Interacting with Teacher Support): Over a series of seven group meetings parents are introduced to the following steps to literacy:
  • Talk and Oral Language: the importance of talking, listening and responding to your child.
  • Play: interacting with your child by doing/saying rhymes, jingles and singing songs.
  • Book and Book Sharing: telling stories and reading books.
  • Environmental Print: exploring symbols or print in the world around us.
  • Scribbling, Drawing and Writing: how children begin to develop writing skills.
• Come Read With Me: A series of evening meetings where leaders and parents come together for the sheer enjoyment of reading. Children's books are the focus, and each person has the opportunity to learn about good children's books, and to learn rhymes, finger plays and songs that children love. At each session participants will be presented with a book that they can take home and share with their children.
• Parent-Teacher Supper Meetings: Six meetings per year around a variety of topics including family literacy.
• Play & Learn - A Parenting & Literacy Program: This is a 10 week program for parents who want to strengthen their bond with their pre- school aged child as well as encourage their child's healthy emotional and behavioral development. Together, both parent and child learn how to express their feelings and solve problems.
• Cree in the pre-school classrooms

The Regina Early Learning Centre provides a supportive environment for parents and their children. The staff members are compassionate and resourceful.

Source of Funds: Various.

Unique Features of this Program: This program is unique in that it supports parents to develop the ability to take a proactive and positive role in their child's education. It supports both parent and child to develop literacy skills.