What is the Dandelion School Program?The goal is to inculcate the love of reading in young children by providing them with handpicked storybooks each month that come with complementary reading resources and post-reading activities at an affordable rate. It is:
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How It WorksWhen a school subscribes to Dandelion for 1 or more levels, we speak to the school to understand the needs of its students and customize a reading program that is suitable for it. This gives the school control over the nature, scope and goal(s) of the reading program.
Once the details of the reading program has been decided, each month, books, bookmarks and worksheets are delivered to school for each student in the program. The program utilizes a rental system - a book is rented to each student for a month (a title per level). This allows students to read high quality, physical books all year round at an affordable rate. Students also receive a members' account on our website to access complementary reading resources online.
Reading takes place outside of school. Printed worksheets and online resources, such as an audio book version of storybooks; lists of useful vocabulary; and post reading activities, are provided to students to help them in independent learning.
Dandelion's school program also provides resources and materials for parents that assist them in reading with their child and holding meaningful discussions about the story. Through modelling and scaffolding by the parent, and dynamic interaction between parent and child, a rich reading session is achieved, thus extending learning beyond the book. Each book comes with a worksheet and post-reading activity to be completed by the student independently at home. Once completed, students' works are then collected by Dandelion. Feedback is given for each piece of work and a sticker badge is awarded for satisfactory completion of activity before they are returned to the school. In this way, students are motivate to read and complete activities, and provide teachers with a means of monitoring whether students are reading.
For teachers who wish to expand the post-reading activity for a book in class, lesson packages complete with suggested lesson plans and other materials are provided on our website for your convenience.
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Students receive
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Teachers receive
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Online resources include
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Feedback on students' work
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Customizable to suit the needs of each school
Many aspects of Dandelion's school program are customizable. Schools can choose to have a say in various elements of the program or adopt the ones pre-designed by our team of experienced, MOE-trained educators:
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More effective than a purely school-based reading program
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