Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id SAA07648; Thu, 10 Feb 2000 18:04:22 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 18:04:22 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <38A334E0.25EB0E42@clarityconnect.com> 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: Brigid Hubberman <reading@clarityconnect.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:2720] Re: X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Status: O Content-Length: 5495 Lines: 131 Dear NIFL Listservers, Please accept my apologizes for sending my Helmer Email to everyone! This is my first time responding and I thought I was "replying to sender" . So sorry. Brigid Hubberman, Director Family Reading Partnership Brigid Hubberman wrote: > Hello Helmer, > > Nice to see that you are involved with NIFL. Everything is going well with my > community literacy work ,and the Family Reading Partnership is now quite well > established. I don't know if I had founded it already when we met. I'm > enclosing > an overview of my latest project. > > Hope all is well with you and your family. I have nice memories of your > trainings in Cortland and Syracuse. > > Best regards, > Brigid > PS How would I get information about presenting at the next NIFL conference? > > Dear Literacy Friends, > > I thought you might enjoy knowing more about a new initiative of the New > York State Association for the Education of Young Children. We have > just launched phase one of the Welcome to School Book Project and want > to invite > New York State elementary schools to join in. We are also happy to share > the idea with other states. > > Please find below an overview of the project. To receive an order form, > send your school's name, address, phone, fax and county to: > nysaeyc@capital.net For more information about the Welcome to > Schgool Book Project in general, contact me: Brigid Hubberman, Director > of the Family Reading Partnership and coordinator of the NYSAEYC Welcome > to School Book Project. > > WELCOME TO SCHOOL BOOK PROJECT OVERVIEW > In an effort to promote family reading practices and encourage early > experiences with books across > New York State, start home/school relationships off on a positive note, > and help children make friends with books, the New York State > Association for the Education of Young Children (NYSAEYC) is > launching statewide, the Welcome to School Book Project. We hope to > reach 50,000 new kindergartners this year. > > The Welcome to School Book Project will provide schools throughout New > York State with new books > for new kindergartners for a $2.00 cost per book. The books will be > given to children as gifts from their new schools at kindergarten > registration in the spring. > > The Welcome to School Book Project will be organized at the state level > and implemented through NYSAEYC Affiliates. Affiliates are contacting > schools in their regions this fall to invite them > to participate. In addition schools can order directly from NYSAEYC. > > About the Book > > Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert is a 36-page, 7” x 11”, paperback book > featuring beautiful full-color illustrations, a large font, easy rhyming > text, and a playful, humorous story line. Northeastern birds and plant > life are featured and named throughout. A special section in the back > highlights the individual birds, their characteristics and their > habitats. Retail cost is $7 but we are getting a large quantity discount > ,bringing the cost to $2.00 per book for schools. > > Each book will have a nameplate with a place for the child’s name and > school. It will also acknowledge the NYSAEYC. Schools will be provided > with a master of a “Dear Reader-To-Be” message from author Lois Ehlert, > and information about making books a part of everyday family life. > > Objectives and Benefits For Children, Families, and Schools > > • Connect children with books and increase book ownership in all > families > • Use quality children’s literature as a vehicle to promote family > reading practices > • Connect the excitement of school beginning with the pleasure of books > • Give children a tangible representation of school to have for the > summer > • Give children a common “book experience” as they enter school > • Begin a positive home/school relationship by providing schools with > books for families > • Smooth the transition to school > • Support Fall kindergarten curriculum with books > • Help children get to know and appreciate the beautiful birds and plant > life in New York State > > About New York State Association for the Education of Young Children > > NYSAEYC is an organization of 5,300 members that advocates for improving > the education and > wellbeing of New York’s children from birth through age eight. > > History of the Welcome to School Book Project > > The Welcome to School Book Project began in 1996 as one of many Family > Reading Partnership (FRP) projects designed to promote family reading > practices. The Family Reading Partnership is a community coalition > that has joined forces to “create a culture of literacy” in Tompkins > County. > > Helmer Duverge wrote: > > > Good morning everyone, I'm developing a piece for an upcoming training on > > expanding the connections between Parent Time and PACT Time. As we all know, > > one of the keys for a successful PACT Time is the debrief. Well, besides > > the journals, the discussions and the well known and sometimes over used > > parent logs. Has anybody tried any other approach? Would anyone like to > > share any new ideas or suggestions? You can contact me directly or if you’d > > like we can all explore this through the list. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Helmer A. Duvergé > > Family Literacy Training Specialist > > National Center for Family Literacy > > 325 West Main Street, Suite 200 > > Louisville, KY 40202-4251 > > (502) 584-1133 x145 > > Fax: (502) 584-0172 > > hduverge@famlit.org > > www.famlit.org
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