This is a ten week multicultural family program for refugee and immigrant parents and their preschool children. The program is offered twice a week at three different language levels.

Parents and children begin the afternoon by sharing lunch together. This provides the opportunity to connect with others informally and learn new recipes.

After lunch family literacy activities with the parents and children include dancing, singing, and storytelling, which support first language literacy and cultural pride.

Through workshops and interactive activities parents gain increased knowledge and skills on parenting children in the Canadian context and develop their language and literacy skills.

Children ages 6 months to 5 years of age participate in programming in the Children's Centre which provides diverse opportunities for children to develop language, literacy and social interactions so they are better able to achieve success at home, at school and in the community.
 

Upcoming Sessions:

April 15 to June 20, 2008 (Beginner and Intermediate English Skills)
April 14 to June 18, 2008 (Advanced English Skills)

Groups run from 12:30-3:00 p.m.
 

For more information please call 780-423-9519 or e-mail info@emcn.ab.ca

Attention Parents:

Learn English and have your pre-school children cared for at the same time. Check out our L.I.N.C. programs.