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 g26HPbu17339; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:25:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:25:37 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <000f01c1c533$8ba2f0c0$f882fea9@beauty> 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: "Kimberly Sutherland" <ksflf@sympatico.ca> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:846] Re: Funding concern discussions X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 3342 Lines: 93 This is a request of all NIFL discussion participants, or perhaps I should call it a 'treasure hunt'. Not long ago I read somewhere that research has shown that a child's knowledge of songs and rhymes at age 3 can be directly related to that child's ability to read at the age of 6. For the life of me I cannot find the source for that little nugget and I would like to read more about the particular research that was undertaken around it. Can anybody direct me to the source? Thanks so much for digging! Kimberly Sutherland Family Literacy Focus 7 Gossamer Avenue Toronto, ON Canada M2M 2X1 Tel: 416-226-1627 Fax: 416-226-3591 ksflf@sympatico.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Lee" <jlee@famlit.org> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 10:21 PM Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:827] Funding concern discussions > Again - I am taken back by the amount of insight and expertise we have > represented here on the list! To think that we represent only a small > portion of many talented family literacy practitioners in America - is even > more impressive. > > Here are some interesting insights that were stimulated by the following > comments. > > >From Linda Warren: > "...we have to advocate for the future of family literacy from a position of > strength." > > Indeed - We can never lose this focus as it is our responsibility to the > families that we serve to maintain a strengths based focus. > > >From Virginia Tardaewether: > To me the key is partnerships... > > A long standing concept in family literacy is that we can be the force that > brings together a variety of community based organizations, to provide > integrated services for family success, and so it is. Yet, collaboration > makes even more difficult the challenges which also puzzled Linda Warren: > > "A key question for me is how to organize the information we have so that > elected officials will be passionate about and want to closely align > themselves with the family literacy perspective." One possible answer to > this question may be found in a post from Jeri Levesque, Ed.D: > > "One solution is to develop closer relationships with K-12 systems." > > Although Jeri was referring to a solution for validating states' commitment > to family literacy - This solution could benefit Linda's puzzle! As always > you all are one step ahead of the game. The K-12 system will become another > focus for NCFL as we spring forward from the successes of the TFS program. > However - efforts in this area will require us to quantify the outcomes of > family literacy services, especially those related to children's literacy > achievements. > > Still...K-12 systems will be just one of many places for family literacy to > be realized. So many programs with such a wide variety of services and > service delivery models. > > In a recent discussion with Sharon, several folks came to the same > conclusion at the same moment: Family Literacy is a model of family growth > that can and will survive the swings and shifts of other systems. With your > strength, concern, expertise and effort - we can only get stronger. > > Jon Lee > Training Specialist > National Center for Family Literacy > 325 West Main St. Suite 200 > Louisville, KY 40202 > 502-584-1133 Ext. 175 > mailto:jlee@famlit.org > >
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