Received: (from news@localhost) by literacy (8.7.6/8.7.3) id TAA22461 for nifl-family@novel.nifl.gov; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 19:52:07 -0500 (EST) Path: literacy.nifl.gov!nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov From: Linda Warren <jsflc@ix.netcom.com> Newsgroups: nifl.family Subject: [Fwd: JUMPSTART FAMILY LITERACY KITS LAUNCHED] Date: 11 Nov 1996 19:52:05 -0500 Organization: National Institute for Literacy Lines: 84 Sender: listproc@literacy.nifl.gov Distribution: nifl Message-ID: <3287C959.6130@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01KIT (Win95; U) Status: O X-Status: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------4B5517F044DF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- JumpStart Family Literacy Corporation 209 West Central Street Suite 131 Natick, Mass. 01760 Phone: (508)655-6563 Fax: (508)655-6915 --------------4B5517F044DF Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Message-ID: <3284FA2F.35AE@ix.netcom.com> Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 16:39:59 -0500 From: Linda Warren <jsflc@ix.netcom.com> Organization: JumpStart Family Literacy Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01KIT (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: alt.education, alt.education.alternative, alt.literacy.adult, k12.ed.life-skills, sci.edu, k12.news, ne.general, ne.news, uk.education.misc, can.schoolnet.chat.teachers Subject: JUMPSTART FAMILY LITERACY KITS LAUNCHED Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NATICK, MASS., USA -- Dr. Linda Warren announced today, the debut of the JumpStart Family Literacy Kits. An instructional tool for use in literacy programs, the kits are based on the idea that the best outcomes in literacy education occur when the whole family is involved. The JumpStart Family Literacy Corporation expects sales to top $3-million by the year 2000. Created by a team of educators, expert in the areas of childhood development, adult literacy, multiculturalism and curriculum design, JumpStart uses an intergenerational approach to motivate both young and adult learners to excel. Ten activity packs, filled with hundreds of engaging activities to promote parent-child interaction, and 13 award-winning children's books are included in each JumpStart kit. "The goal was to produce stimulating, skill-building materials that young children and their parents could use together to increase the literacy of the family as a whole," Dr. Warren said. "It's so much more than just a curriculum. JumpStart is a fun and exciting way for young children, adult learners and their families to learn together. "The focus on the families is what makes JumpStart unique," the noted educator said. "By supporting the literacy needs of parents, children and the family as a whole, JumpStart accelerates the learning of all these learners. It supports learning through a unique blend of concepts and themes that cuts across cultures and generations." "But it's more than this," said Wm G. Smith, a Framingham attorney who organized the JumpStart corporation and now serves as its Vice President and General Manager. "JumpStart proceeds the way humans have always learned best, not by breaking learning down into discrete compartments, but pursuing knowledge down whatever trail the learner's curiousity leads her. Here you won't find a science unit separate from all the other units, or mathematics treated as somehow different from language or the arts." JumpStart's 'Dream Catcher' activity pack, for example, uses the Native American legend of the dream catcher to build on the concept of dreams. The 'Dream Catcher' activities include writing stories, drawing, star-gazing and moon watching. "It is this notion of learning as a seamless web that gives JumpStart its power," Smith said. "The JumpStart learner, whether child, parent or the family as a whole, comes to see learning itself as a lifelong goal." JumpStart is currently in use in Chapter 1 and EvenStart programs and orders are coming in from around the country. The company seeks also to serve similar programs in Canada, the UK and British Commonwealth. For more information on JumpStart or to order kits for your program, send e-mail here or call Dr. Warren or Mr. Smith at the number given below. -- JumpStart Family Literacy Corporation 209 West Central Street Suite 131 Natick, Mass. 01760 Phone: (508)655-6563 Fax: (508)655-6915 --------------4B5517F044DF--
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