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Parents as Reading Partners

 

Learning to read is the single most important activity in a child’s education.  Studies show that children who read at home are better prepared to succeed in formal education.   

 

PARP is a program that asks parents to read with their children for at least fifteen minutes daily, stressing the fact that reading can be fun as well as informative.  The choice of reading materials can vary from books to anything with printed words.  The daily activity of reading together strengthens reading and communication skills in the child and also strengthens the parent/child relationship.  Note:  The term ‘parents’ may be interpreted broadly to include all adults who play an important role in a child’s life.
 

PARP is a program that cements the necessary bond between the home and the school to encourage love of reading in our children.  It was developed in 1978 by the late State Senator James Donovan, Chairman of the State Senate Education Committee; in 1987 the New York State PTA was asked to assume the program’s helm, and since then has administered the program.

 

 

PARP PROGRAM AND OTHER LITERACY RESOURCES

 

A PARP Program can be run at little or no cost.  It is a voluntary effort of the school/ local community which includes parents, students, administrators, teachers and staff in a collaborative partnership whose focus is on reading.

 

NYS PTA has created a Parents as Reading Partners (PARP) Toolkit which provides all the necessary materials you will need to run a successful program.  Below are the sections of this toolkits.  To make it easier, some of the sections are in word format for you to copy, paste and use in your program.

 

Table of Contents

 

SECTION 1 - PARP PROGRAM

SECTION 1 - PARP PROGRAM

 

SECTION 2 – PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

SECTION 2 - PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

 

SECTION 3A – SAMPLE FORMS

SECTION 3A - SAMPLE FORMS

 

SECTION 3B – SAMPLE ACTIVITIES

SECTION 3B - SAMPLE ACTIVITIES

 

SECTION 4A – 2011 – “Here's to Our Heroes ~ READERS Save the DAY” Dutch Broadway PTA 

SECTION 4B – 2010 – “Get Ready, Get Set, Read!” Alexander Hamilton PTA 

SECTION 4C - 2009 – “Wild About Reading” Bridgeport PTA

SECTION 4D - 2008 – “Reading Roundup” Dickinson Avenue PTA

SECTION 4E - 2007 – “New York State Loves Reading Together” Dickinson Avenue PTA

Archived sections of the Parents as Reading Partners (PARP) Toolkit can be found here.

 

SECTION 5 – RESOURCES

SECTION 5 - RESCOURCES

 

SECTION 6 – ARTISTS, AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATORS AND PERFORMERS CONTACT DIRECTORY   

 

 

 

PARP AWARD

 
New York State PTA sponsors region PARP awards annually, from which a statewide winning PARP program is selected.  New York State residents only are eligible to apply.

 

PARP Award Application is available in January and due to your Region Director by June 15.  For more information about the PARP award, please click here.

 

 

PARP TRAINING

 

Workshops and training for the PARP Program are available at NYS PTA conferences and at some region events.  Contact the NYS State PARP Chair, PARP@nystpa.org or your Region Director for further information.   

 

 

Listed below are links to three of the current programs.
 
Family-School Partnerships

Parents As Reading Partners

Reflections