Parent Education

1. Lesson on “How to Be A tuned-in Parent”.  They will learn the 3 A’s and watch a teacher act out different situations they can learn about.
2. Educate parents on Life Skills.
3. Let Parents journal daily issues, note most common and weekly use in parenting class (theme) discussion.  They are choosing what is important to them.  (Allowing their input).
4. Teach parents how to make play dough (recipe) and take it home to implement.
5. Watch video that we shoot in adult education.

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Adult Education

1. Ask questions about what the parents are interested in. – how children learn language?
2. Talk about Tuned-In concept with adults so they can use with their children at home – e.g. use same vocabulary at home.
3. Parents will partner and do an activity they will later implement with their child.  They will role play. One of them could be the child while the other acts like the parent actively using the “Tuned-In” approach.
4. Will go over the concepts of the book and discuss ILA video. Get adult input.

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ILA

1. Parents will read to the children while being filmed.
2. Allow children to pick the book and the song in the weekly activity and vocabulary theme for the week.
3. Nature Walk – make a collage of green stuff (earth day!)
4. Practice a “tune-in” approach such as reading a book (face to face)
5. Parents read  book with child while teacher explains and models implementation of Allow, Adapt, Add.

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Home Visit

1. Model face to face interaction.
2. During home visit model interactive activities that include:
1. face to face
2. allow time for child to respond
3. scaffold and add child’s vocabulary
3. Home visitor will monitor parent while parent interacts with child.  They can use an activity like finger painting while using – Allow-Accept-Add.
4. Home visitor will check to see whether parent is implementing discussed strategies and activities in Parent Ed
5. Role model to Parents  - How to play with their children.  Ask what questions they have or issues they feel they need help with.

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1. Parent goes on a walk with child and talks about what they see on their walk.  They could focus on one topic like animals and point them out as they walk.  They will wait for the child to have input and then Add anything the parent wants to do.
2. Role model.
3. Project base learning – e.g. they pick insects as the topic.  They come up with vocabulary, tools, equipment to research- bring from home.
4. April showers bring May flowers (potted plant – responsibility of taking care).
5. Attend parent and/or adult education to share what children are doing that day, e.g. song of the day or activity.
6. Use Music and gestures. Face-to-face method.  Repetition.

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