Supporting ELA at Home: Boosting Your Child’s Literacy Skills

This workshop is designed to empower parents and guardians with practical tools and strategies to enhance their children’s English Language Arts (ELA) development outside the classroom. It covers a broad range of literacy components including reading comprehension, vocabulary growth, writing skills, and critical thinking. Participants will learn how to create a literacy-rich home environment, select appropriate reading materials, and use engaging activities to promote learning. The session also offers guidance on how to support schoolwork and foster a lifelong love for reading and writing.

• Lack of parental confidence or resources to support ELA learning at home
  
  
• Gaps in student reading comprehension, writing proficiency, and vocabulary
  
  
• Limited engagement or enjoyment of literacy activities outside the classroom
  

1. Creating a Literacy-Rich Home Environment
   Parents will learn how to transform everyday spaces into reading-friendly environments by incorporating books, writing tools, and engaging literacy activities that nurture children’s enthusiasm for learning.
   
   
2. Enhancing Core Literacy Skills
   Through modeled strategies and take-home resources, participants will gain techniques to support their child's reading comprehension, vocabulary development, writing fluency, and critical thinking skills.
   
   
3. Fostering Independence and Joy in Literacy
   The session offers parents ways to promote self-directed reading and writing habits, support school assignments effectively, and cultivate a genuine love of reading and storytelling in their children.