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 g57LjiO17675; Fri, 7 Jun 2002 17:45:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 17:45:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <01C20E43.21503EE0.eness@leh.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: Dana Eness <eness@leh.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1177] Re: Low Level High Interest Novels X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 Status: O Content-Length: 2454 Lines: 61 Andrea, We do this with our family reading program, PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME. Children aged 6 to 10 must be accompanied by an adult (parent, grandparent, guardian, aunt, uncle, neighbor's parent, etc) to the weekly sessions. Each week, three beautifully illustrated children's books are presented by a storyteller, and then a humanities scholar leads discussion on the universal themes (greed, dreams, fairness) that evening's books contain. The parents do not felt humiliated or talked down to because the scholar is talking about the themes in an open-ended way that taps into ANY age (eg. What did you dream about when you were little? What do you dream about now? How have your dreams changed? Do you and your children have the same dreams for their future? etc.) or educational level. Yes, it is hard to find those special scholars that can relate to intergenerational, emergent reader audiences, and yes, we do provide all scholars, storytellers and site coordinators with extensive training to adhere to this model. But the end product in terms of truly changing attitudes and behaviors about reading are well worth the effort. I know that MotherRead/FatherRead's model also centers around a facilitated discussion for adults around children's literature. They differ in PRIME TIME in that their audience is adults only and the facilitators have different credentials. Dana ********************************** Dana Eness, Assistant Director PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Louisiana Humanities Center/Turners' Hall 938 Lafayette Street, Suite 300 New Orleans, LA 70113 http://www.leh.org Tel. 504-523-4352 Ext. 126 1-800-909-7990 Fax 504-529-2358 E-mail: eness@leh.org -----Original Message----- From: AWilder106@aol.com [SMTP:AWilder106@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 9:20 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1152] Re: Low Level High Interest Novels This is really interesting. Are these books useful for your students? Also, I have a further question which may or may not be relevant here. 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. Thanks. Andrea
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