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 h2KGuLH05749; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 11:56:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 11:56:21 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <WorldClient-F200303201144.AA44546768@dekalblibrary.org> 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: "Tamika Maddox" <MaddoxT@dekalblibrary.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1466] Re: HELP!!!--Motivating young X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: WorldClient 6.5.2 Status: O Content-Length: 2001 Lines: 60 Thanks to everyone who sent me a definition. I really appreciate your speedy responses. *************************************** Tamika Maddox Reference Librarian/Literacy Team Member Decatur Public Library -----Original Message----- From: MWPotts2001@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 10:38:13 -0500 (EST) Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1465] Re: HELP!!!--Motivating young > 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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