This innovative and timely book offers teachers effective strategies for attracting, recruiting, and keeping fathers involved in their children`s literacy learning.

This highly readable book shows how a father’s individual interests, strengths and identity can complement and enrich a child’s learning.

• Read-aloud strategies including use of video and storytelling
• Writing and drawing strategies – storyboarding & making books
• Using different text forms – newspapers, instructions & flyers
• Broadening the school-home connection – workshops, take-home kits, literacy events
• Encouraging parental involvement – making the bets of limited time

Includes sample letters and worksheets to take home with suggestions for games, activities and take-home kits, tips for reading aloud and storytelling and help in organising workshops and other literacy events, teachers will find a wide range of tools they can use to get and keep dads on board.