Educational tools

Diversity and plurilingualism" educational tools

Early Literacy Kits (ELK)

Our ÉLÉ kits are turnkey, designed to be used by early childhood professionals in individual or group settings. Each kit contains five books and a wealth of educational material, including several activities to be carried out with the children.

The "Children of the World" kit is designed to address the notion of difference, cultural and linguistic diversity with 3-5 year olds.

Other themes

Story bags for allophone parents 

Unlike the ELE kits, which are designed for professionals, the story bags are designed for use by parents to encourage reading at home in a family setting. They include two durable books, an illustrated teaching sheet and materials for a simple activity to do at home. In order to reach families who speak a language other than French at home, these bags are designed from books without text, or multilingual, or with illustrations that are sufficiently eloquent for the parent to be able to tell the story in the language of their choice to their child.

Intercultural bibliography

This bibliography contains over sixty titles of children's literature from here and elsewhere. It is divided into 5 sections that enable education professionals to discuss the following themes with children aged 0-9: difference, cultural diversity, linguistic diversity, books without text (which have the advantage of being read in all languages) and books that allow children to play with language, thus promoting the acquisition of metalinguistic awareness.

To learn more about our educational tools, contact us by email at info@jame-mtl.org or by phone at 514-536-5263.

English pilot project

Thanks to a financial contribution from the Burrough of Verdun as well as the Ministry of Education (MEES Quebec) JAME has launched a pilot project with the two English elementary schools in Verdun (Verdun Elementary and Rivervieiw). We are now recruiting and training English language volunteers who will be paired with children aged 5 to 10 referred to JAME by the schools. Volunteers will then work individually with the child for an hour each week in the child's home. When JAME was founded in 1991, the organization worked with both English and French schools but the funding ended with the restructuring of the school commissions in 1998. We are thrilled to reinstate the English language programme with this new financial support.

Accreditation of the MoEHE

What wonderful news that arrived at the end of September 2018! After a dozen years of hard work, survival mode and perseverance, JAME has finally received confirmation of its accreditation by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, and its recurrent grant to the mission: the PACTE programme.

The entire team is delighted with this recognition, which truly acknowledges our work as an autonomous community organization in the field of student retention and which financially consolidates our fine organization and its mission!

JAME has moved!

In January 2018, the borough of Verdun designated one of its buildings as a "Maison de l'enfance" and dedicated it to certain organisations serving Verdun families. JAME moved in at the end of June, thus fulfilling its dream of having more spacious premises accessible to the general public, allowing it to welcome families and offer workshops and activities to parents and children.

In addition, the sharing of these premises with other organisations, including the Verdun social paediatrics centre The little foxesthe team of the Table de Concertation Famille de Verdun and a homework help organisation Chapop, In addition, the sharing of these premises with other organisations, including the Verdun social paediatrics centre, the team of the as well as a homework help organisation, allows for a new synergy and constitutes an opportunity to share our expertise and complete each other's service offers.