What is Passport to Kindergarten? - Learn To Earn · What is Passport to Kindergarten? •A way to...
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What is Passport to Kindergarten?
•A way to reach children and families• Incentive for parents to share AWESOME moments with their children
•A way to teach parents•Meaningful PD
Strategies:
1.) Family Engagement
2.) Teacher Development
3.) Community Cooperation
Objective:
Improve oral language skills of preschoolers = school success
AWEsome moments
Ask questions to start a back and forth conversation
Wait up to 5 seconds for a response. Children need more time than adults to think of a response.
Expand on what your child says by repeating it and adding a little bit more.
Teacher Development
• Learn research based techniques• Reach ALL children• Opportunity for professional learning community
Educators learn more about how to support language development during experiences and when reading aloud
Dayton Art Institute
Dayton Metro Library
Boonshoft
Museum of
Discovery
Five Rivers
MetroParks
Rich community-based experiences
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Local library storytime
Dayton Art Institute
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Five Rivers MetroParks
Teacher Agreement:
• Commitment to face to face training• Dialogic reading with fidelity/ track data• CLASS assessment
Last Year…..
• Students and their families read more than 28,000 books averaging 85 books per family.
This year so far….
•385 preschoolers and family members attended the Kick‐Off
•323 preschoolers and family members attended the Dayton Art Institute
•594 preschoolers and family members attended the Boonshoft