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 g43IO5u18508; Fri, 3 May 2002 14:24:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 14:24:05 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20020503182039.60019.qmail@web20404.mail.yahoo.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: Colleen Angaiak <c_angaiak@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1076] Re: Parents as first teachers X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 1216 Lines: 36 I think in some cases "training" is a good idea, although is that word too harsh? Orientation maybe? Anyway, some of the parents are first-time parents, these are their oldest children. They have not been in a school setting for many years. A reminder of how to act in the schools is a good idea. Additionally, many parents in family literacy programs have had very negative experiences with schools themselves. Many express aprehension or even fear about their child's school. This training or orientation is a first step towards having a parent be more comfortable in the school setting. Just throwing them in the classroom might not be the wisest way to go about it. And while the kids are just "ankle biters" (a rude way of putting it, in my opionion as an educator and a mother of three children under the age of 7), not all parents are well-equipped to be around children, especially a room of 20 - 30 of them. ===== Colleen Angaiak Even Start Coordinator Literacy Council of Alaska 1949 Gillam Way Fairbanks, AK 99709 Phone: 907/456-5013 Fax: 907/456-1657 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com
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