Strong Start

From Volunteer Coaches, Delphine and Kate Nahlah was just learning to speak English as her second language and now in grade one she was expected to read it also. Volunteer Coach, Delphine, worked with her in the Sounds strand of the Strong Start®: Letters, Sounds and Words program. Other volunteers worked with Nahlah in the other [...]

Educational Assistant and Strong Start® Co-ordinator, Janet McKenna, reports the general impression of the teaching staff is that Strong Start® takes the child from ‘struggle’ to ‘success’. Janet commented, “It’s a shame some children who could benefit from Strong Start® miss out due to the transience of today’s society. It would really help if Strong [...]

Janet lives in the community and her children attended Manchester Public School several years ago. Janet was working at the school part time as an Educational Assistant working with special needs children, when the Special Education Teacher encouraged her to take the Strong Start® training. The Strong Start® program was just being introduced at Manchester [...]

Story from Volunteer Coach Gillian – November 2004 Because in the Strong Start® Letters, Sounds and Words program you work with one child at a time, you can make some adjustments to adapt to the learning style of the child. Also there are a lot of games and activities to give variety and allow some choice. [...]

Volunteer Coach Diane Carlo didn’t like to read. Now in grade two, his reading level was quite low and he was at risk of giving up altogether. It wasn’t possible for him to get extra help at home. Mom and Dad were working long hours, trying to learn English and finding it difficult to meet [...]