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LINCS
Family
Literacy Special Collection
maintained by
Midwest
LINCS at the
Ohio Literacy Resource
Center
Parenting
Family
Activities
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Family Math
Family Reading
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Early Childhood Activities
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Fun,
Games & Coloring Pages
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Crayola Home Page
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Webbing into Literacy
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Book
Adventure
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ESL
KidStuff
This site, available for ESL teachers and parents offers
"over 1,500 flashcard images, hundreds of worksheets,
crafts, games, jobs and lots more," and it’s all geared
to teaching children.
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Teach ESL to
Kids.
Written by an ESL
teacher in Japan who teaches 2 year-olds, this site
offers lesson plans, activities, games, tips, and more.
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TeachChildrenESL.com.
Get free
worksheets, flashcards, games, songs, and posters on
this site.
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Six Group Activities for Teaching ESL
Children.
Use these fun
activities to incorporate in your ESL classroom.
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Teaching ESL to Children.
This article
offers seven tips for teaching children. Be sure to
check out the links to additional resources at the
bottom of the article.
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ESL Kids Lab
This site is chock
full of great resources for the ESL teacher who works
with children.
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ESL-Kids.com
One of the top 100
kids sites on the Internet, this site offers plenty of
information and activities for teaching ESL to children.
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Children’s Writing in ESL
This article
explains why it’s important not to overlook writing in
ESL and offers tips on how to incorporate writing in
your lessons.
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One World, One Song, Many Dreams
This blog offers
lots of resources for teaching ESL to children.
Health and
Nutrition
Adult Basic
Skills
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Work Skills
Life Skills
Finance
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Resources
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Family Literacy Facts and Figures,
a
compendium of statistical indicators and research findings
that relate to literacy as well as other educational and
social conditions.
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Family Partnership in Reading. The goal of the Family
Partnership in Reading Project is to create and
disseminate
professional
development materials
that summarize the scientific reading research for
programs providing family literacy services.
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Florida
Division of Workforce Development
The Division of Workforce Development's
Adult Education Families as Educators Grant Program
joined with other family literacy partners to celebrate
November's Family Literacy Month, both at the capitol
and statewide. Click on the links below to view and/or
print out their marketing materials and pictures.
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Family
Literacy Resource Guide
This guide was developed by the Florida Family Literacy
Practitioners' Task Force Committee.
http://www.floridatechnet.org/FamLiteracy/guide
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Head
Start Family Literacy Project
http://www.famlit.org/ProgramsandInitiatives/headstart/index.cfm
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Region 1 Literacy Cyberspace
http://families.owc.edu/
Region 1 Literacy Cyberspace
project has great resources on their Family Literacy section
for parents, children and teachers.
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Training
Programs offered by National Center for Family Literacy
http://www.famlit.org/Training/index.cfm
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Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy.
Supports the development of family literacy programs
where parents and children can learn and read
together.
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Family Literacy Special Collections provides
individuals working with families a means to access a
variety of resources electronically. Explore parenting
issues, children's activities, and classroom
materials.
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National Center for
Family Literacy. The organization's mission is to
deliver high quality, dynamic, research-based
training, staff development and technical assistance
and create and support systems which will help sustain
family literacy programs.
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U.S.Department of Education's Website for Parents.
Its goal is to provide useful information to assist
parents in helping their children to learn.
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Whitehousekids.gov. This guide provides family
literacy practitioners and teachers with ideas on how
to use the site with children. The themes of reading,
making good choices, and dreaming about the future are
woven into the site's content through the
personification of the President's pets and animals.
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Best Kids Book Site
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Family Literacy
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Family Literacy Program Quality Indicators (17K
PDF)
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Family
Literacy Resource Center
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Library of Congress Lifelong Literacy
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Reading Rockets
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Research and Evaluation
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Adult Education Reading Instruction. Partnership for
Reading website with evidence-based practices for teaching
adults in adult basic education and family literacy
programs. Also, see information about
two new family literacy initiatives that will bring
research-based practice to bear on professional development
for family literacy professionals.
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Adventures in Parenting: How Responding, Preventing,
Monitoring, Mentoring, and Modeling Can Help You Be a
Successful Parent. Highlights challenges that parents
face in rearing children and suggests ways to become a more
effective, consistent, and attentive parent. From the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
at the National Institutes of Health(NIH).
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A Decade
of Family Literacy: Programs, Outcomes and the Future.
Review of resources on family literacy from 1990 to the
present. The authors look first at elements of program
success, then review assessment models, and conclude by
presenting a model program. The authors also suggest
potential areas for future research.
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Family Literacy: A Research Agenda to Build the Future.
Summary of a family literacy research conference held in
Washington, DC in October 2002. Participants discussed the
current state of family literacy research, the particular
problems and important variables in the family literacy
field, and "next steps" for developing a common family
literacy research agenda.
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Family Literacy: A Strategy for Educational Improvement.
Describes the components of an effective family literacy
program (interactive activities between parents and their
children, parent training on how to be their child's first
teacher, parent literacy training, and age-appropriate
education for children), discusses the different ways states
can structure these components, and suggests how Governors
can support family literacy through specific policies.
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Noteworthy Practices
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Pennsylvania Portraits of Success. Stories of
Pennsylvania families who successfully reached individual
and family education goals through their participation in
Pennsylvania family literacy programs. "These families'
stories celebrate their perseverance and accomplishments and
the program staffs' dedication and effectiveness as they
work together in cooperative partnerships representing the
best in family literacy programs."
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Texas Family
Literacy Center. Established in 1999 as a resource for
family literacy educators throughout Texas. Housed at the
University of Texas at Austin within the College of
Education's Center for Reading and Language Arts, the Center
is open to visitors year-round.
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Wisconsin's Even Start Family Literacy Programs.
Wisconsin uses Even Start grant funds to build and
supplement family literacy programs in local communities
throughout the state. See "Program Highlights" and "Featured
Sites" for more details on the programs and their successes.
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