LLF’s workshops series for parents and other primary caregivers can be as short as three sessions, or as long as six or eight.

Parents explore visual vocabulary, create art projects, take walks looking for visual clues, and discuss the meaning behind those clues. They learn the difference between open and closed questions and the importance of “wait time” for responses. Brainstorming at each session helps participants think through how they can use what they are learning with their children. Parents  caregivers conclude by creating a book for their children.

Participants experience and discuss activities useful for engaging children in language rich experiences, and the importance of conversation to children’s brain development.

The workshops create a strong social environment of creativity and comraderie among the participants.  In part because visual learning is not literacy dependent,  the workshops have been exceptional in cutting across traditional social barriers.