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WORDWORKS
Wordworks believes that education is the key to
transforming the life chances of children in South
Africa, and that to succeed at school, all children
must have the right foundations in place to read and
write. Wordworks work alongside parents, Grade R
teachers, volunteers and home visitors to strengthen
early language and literacy skills. By providing
training and resources, Wordworks build skills and
knowledge in historically disadvantaged communities,
and thereby help more children to reach their
fullest potential.
Through a grant from the Claude Leon Foundation in
2012 and 2013, Wordworks were able to strengthen the
training and resources for their volunteer-based
Early Literacy Programme. This has enabled Wordworks
to partner with other organisations to deliver the
programme more widely, and thereby give more
children a better chance of learning to read and
write successfully. In order to extend the reach of
the Early Literacy Programme, Wordworks adapted
selected resources from the programme to produce a
Teacher Kit as well as open source resources that
are available on their website.
The Claude Leon Foundation is also supporting the
development of resources and a training package for
Home-Visitors. These resources will focus on
providing parents with the knowledge and skills to
support early language and literacy in the home. |
