Received: from venus.ode.ohio.gov (venus.ode.ohio.gov [156.63.164.22]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.6.8/940311.01ccg) with ESMTP id RAA28851 for <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov>; Thu, 7 Dec 1995 17:52:35 -0500 From: "ODEVAX::MRGATE::\"A1::FA_ACKERMAN\""@ODE.OHIO.GOV Received: from ode.ohio.gov (MRGATE@ODEVAX) by ode.ohio.gov (PMDF V4.3-8 #6783) id <01HYJ9D4DH808WVYYQ@ode.ohio.gov>; Thu, 07 Dec 1995 17:54:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 17:54:35 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Involving Fathers To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Message-id: <01HYJ9D4F33M8WVYYQ@ode.ohio.gov> X-VMS-To: IN%"nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov" Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Status: O X-Status: Contact Cindy Westfall with the Kettering Ohio Full Circle Family Learning Program (an Even Start project) at 513-296-7180 to learn how fathers were involved in their teaching house project. A local realty company was persuaded to make a house needing rehabilitation available to the program. Lessons plans to teach basic reading, writing, math, etc., in the context of doing the work were developed. In some cases, fathers became the teachers of the rehabilitation skills. According to Cindy, attendance among the dads improved. This is just one of several creative ideas to come out the Kettering program. This year, they've begun a family literacy program in a union hall. It will be interesting to see if this location also results in stronger participation among fathers. Connie Ackerman Ohio Department of Education fa_ackerman@ode.ohio.gov
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