Areas of focus
Introduction to Reading and Writing
ELÉ, or early literacy development, refers to all the reading and writing skills that children aged 0 to 5 acquire in their natural environment, without formal instruction. This is the ideal time to foster a love of reading!
Budding Readers
Workshop descriptions:
- About 45 minutes
- Books appropriate for children's ages
- Nursery rhymes, storytelling, games, and early learning activities
- Multilingual worksheets designed to encourage children and their parents to share experiences related to their native language
The topics covered are:
- The Colors of Nature
- Rain and the water cycle
- Trees
- Animals and Their Ecosystems
- Sorting, recycling, and composting
- The World of Bees
- Seeds and seedlings
Summer Reading Tents
The reading tents are designed to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere for reading, for families, toddlers, and older readers aged 6 to 12. They also provide an opportunity to raise parents’ awareness of the joy of reading as a family, as well as the many short- and long-term benefits of these shared moments around a book. At each of its events, JAME takes care to present engaging books suited to different reading levels and interests, and of course in multiple languages.
Other initiatives
Reading activities for preschoolers have been a core part of JAME’s expertise for many years. Whether at our reading corner at 4400 LaSalle Boulevard, in parks, or at our partners’ locations, we always make sure to get down to the children’s level.
Our activities are always tailored to our audience, may incorporate multiple languages, and encourage verbal interaction—such as storytelling and nursery rhymes—to stimulate young children’s phonological awareness and language skills from an early age.
Some examples of activities
Storytime for the community at our reading corner in Verdun
Storytime at our reading corner for the daycare children
JAME’s reading corner at the gym of the LaSalle Recreation and Community Center during the “FreePlay” activity organized by our partner C.A.D.R.E.
