Ojibwe for Parents of Young Children
1. Confirm the participation of 6 elders and 5 parents with infants and toddlers 2. Conduct 15 immersion sessions led by elder-first speakers with parents, children and staff 3. Complete audio-visual recordings of elders interacting with babies and parents 4. Engage in 15 sessions with parents to prepare multi-media parenting resources 5. Finalize parenting resources including videos, audio stories and picture books in Ojibwe 6. Distribute the resources to individuals, preschools, daycares, and immersion programs
1.) Six elder first speakers and five parents with children committed to the project 2.) Parents and staff become conversant in the language and practices of parenting very young children 3.) About 150 hours of audio-visual recording of elder-child interaction