Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g56FebO24458; Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:40:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:40:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <Pine.SGI.4.44.0206061125530.1749065-100000@dewey.ed.brocku.ca> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Dr. Adele Thomas" <athomas@ed.brocku.ca> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1159] Re: Low Level High Interest Novels X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Status: O Content-Length: 1900 Lines: 47 Re: Using Children's Literature with Adults as Parents or Parents-to-be We have had great success with children's literature for parents in our family literacy program. We adopted the program developed by Ellen Goldsmith and Ruth Handel - Family Reading, An intergenerational Approach to Literacy. Published by New Readers Press, Syracuse, NY. This program includes a format for sharing reading strategies as part of the children's literature selections, together with a teachers' guide for organizing sessions. Parents and we also found newspaper and magazine articles on parenting issues that were of special interest. Parents were very motivated to read articles if it related to their own discussions about parenting concerns. Adele Thomas, Ph.D. Faculty of Education, Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1 TEL: (905) 688-5550 EXT. 3937 FAX: (905) 688-0544 E-mail: athomas@ed.brocku.ca On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Sarah Beaman-Jones wrote: > RE: It is often said that adults enter adult literacy classes in > order to be able > to read to their children. When this is given as a reason, do teachers > actually use children's books as primers for adults? That is, teaching > reading through the use of children's books that a parent might want to read > to a child. > > Yes, an entire curriculum has been developed to teach AEL classes > using childrens' books. An intense search of my files might find the > reference. It was presented at the NCFL conference about three or > four years ago. > One of my favorite librarians told me that whenever she wanted to > learn about a new subject, she would first read about it in a > children's book. No assumptions of knowledge, all the basics covered. > -- > Sarah Beaman-Jones > Family Literacy Specialist > LIFT-Missouri > 500 Northwest Plaza, Suite 601 > St. Louis, MO 63047 > 1-800-729-4443 > http://lift-missouri.org >
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