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 h2KFdFH00390; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 10:39:15 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 10:39:15 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <140.d664908.2bab3a18@aol.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: MWPotts2001@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1465] Re: HELP!!!--Motivating young X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 39 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1483 Lines: 31 Tamika, You ask for a definition of family literacy. There are many definitions of family literacy. For the more official ones, you can access the National Center for Family Literacy Web site or the Even Start Web site and read them. However, you can come up with a satisfying definition yourself, if you think about your own family and ask yourself these questions--How did I get to be literate? What made me the thinker, the reader and writer, the problem-solver and decision maker that I am today? What about my brother? Did his journey to literacy differ from mine? Every family lays its own path to literacy, and some families develop a sophisticated road map. Others do not, but depend upon the system to develop a plan for them. I would be interested in the definition that you originate from your history. Now family literacy PROGRAMS are another thing. Sometimes, we confuse the two terms: family literacy and family literacy programs. And while I'm here, may I answer this question posed by Lise? What do you think about mentoring all these Graduate students who have been sending in questions? ;-) In my opinion, the people who read, monitor and respond to this list are among the most generous folks I know. They not only expect to respond to those who need information, they seek to find reasons to respond. Most of us are still asking questions ourselves, and we hope someone is out there listening and willing to answer. All the Best,
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