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• Parents Workshop: Writing Books with your Children

• Parents Workshop: Writing Books with your Children

You can help your child develop the critical understanding that print carries meaning by writing simple books together. Home-made books provide reading experiences that are positive, personal and authentic. By composing an original story, your child learns how sounds, letters and words from meaningful text that can be read over and over. Participants will learn how to use the Language Experience approach which links dictation to writing and reading

Target: Parents/ Educators of children ages 3-8
Charge: HK$500
Trainer: Julie Fowlkes
About the trainer: Julie Fowlkes has over 40 years of international experience in early childhood literacy. She has a Master Degree in Reading and a Lifetime Credential as a Reading Specialist. After working as a teacher and reading specialist in numerous public schools in California, she spent over 30 years training teachers and educators at various universities in the U.S. She is a published author (“Reading Without Books”, published by Fearon Pitman: Belmont, 1979) and has been invited to present at many international conferences including the International Reading Association, USA. Ms. Fowlkes joined the Bring Me A Book Foundation in Mountain View California in 2004 and was instrumental in developing, piloting and training facilitators in Bring Me A Book’s award-winning First Teacher’s program.
Language: English
Programme code: WBC-B (Programme Booklet P.9)
Details and application: Click Here