WQLN Families Turn On to Literacy

Program Overview

WQLN Families Turn on to Literacy is an innovative literacy workshop series that emphasizes the involvement of the entire family in a child's education. This four-week program brings parents and their K-2 children together once a week for an interactive learning experience that includes reading, hands-on activities, and educational television programming. WQLN Education offers several types of workshops to include a Traditional Literacy series and a new Math Literacy series.Families sign a contract requiring them to change their viewing and reading habits for 30 days. Adopting the PBS Ready to Learn Learning Triangle concept, parents are able to increase the educational success of their child.

Student and Volunteer Success Stories

Augustine Family-"The program has encouraged their 1st grade daughter to read, write and interact with others. The program also has helped her maintain her desire to learn."

Stewart Family- "The program has helped her daughter gain confidence and be able to read in front of the class!"

Wayne/Grayson Family- "The program has helped her daughter with reading fluency, comprehension and sequencing. They are watching television shows together, and the child is able to pull out the moral of the story as well as retelling the story. Her child's love for books has grown even more."

Farnham Family- "Their kindergarten student is asking Mom to read more. They have made WQLN programming one of the primary channels that they watch for their Kindergarten
and pre-school student."

Williamson Family- "Their 2nd Grade student's reading has improved. Additionally her word search skills have elevated."