Pre-K Authors Gain Literacy Skills

By Converge Staff

on June 17, 2009

For children in New Brunswick, Canada, reading is not only fundamental, it's also personal. In a creative literacy program, about 100 preschool children got to take pictures of things that start with each letter of the alphabet and became the authors of their own books, the Telegraph-Journal reports.

The program was designed to jumpstart their literacy skills as they prepare to enter kindergarten in the fall. The idea came from Alyssa MacIsaac, the district's transition to school coordinator, who heard a researcher at the University of Toronto present on a similar project that has seen great literacy gains.

Four schools, chosen at random, participated in the program. Parents of the children were given a digital camera or flash drive, if they already owned a camera. Once the photos were taken, MacIsaac worked with the district's tech mentor to compile the info into individualized books, which were then sent to a publisher.

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