Relationship building in Kamloops
The ONE TO ONE program in Kamloops and area has been going strong for 25 years! Thankfully, this school year looks a lot more like the pre-pandemic years with approximately 140 volunteer tutors supporting 22 in-person programs and one virtual program in School...
Fun and games on Salt Spring Island
On a dismal December afternoon at the Salt Spring Literacy Society meeting space, 13 ONE TO ONE volunteers shared in the fun and laughter that comes with play. They were learning how to incorporate play into their tutoring sessions at Salt Spring Elementary, Fernwood...
There’s never been a more critical time for us to support early readers.
Learning to read is hard. Turning a jumble of letters into sounds, those sounds into words, and those words into meaningful phrases takes work. For many kids, this happens in the classroom, side-by-side with their peers and educators, and at home sounding out one...