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 g56EcFO18927; Thu, 6 Jun 2002 10:38:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 10:38:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p04320410b925cc05b12c@[10.10.175.158]> 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: Sarah Beaman-Jones <sbeaman@webster.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1156] Re: Low Level High Interest Novels X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 897 Lines: 22 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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