By Lindsey Lyons | Committee Chair
The past few months have been beneficial for our committee. We have been practicing what we learned in our First Teacher's training in October 2010. We have had to opportunity to train parents and are preparing for a month long training class coming up this April/May.
This past week we took our training skills to Coffee Creek Correctional Facility where we trained approximately 20 mothers in the medium security prison. We explained the importance of reading with their children and of fostering a love of reading between them. We talked about ways they could build a relationship with their child and reading while being away from them. In addition to brainstorming, we helped train the mothers for their reading with Between the Lines. We gave them examples of reading strategies for before, during and after reading. We talked about making connections and asking questions. We also talked about the importance of reading slowly and with expression. The mothers were given the opportunity to look through the books and to practice what we had talked about. They were able to ask questions and get assistance. Everyone seemed to learn a lot about reading aloud and they were all excited to read for their children.
We are continuing to practice our training and to come up with ideas for our training this coming spring with White Shield.
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