[NIFL-FAMILY:3526] RE: Literacy Terms

From: Bonnie Freeman (bfreeman@famlit.org)
Date: Mon Mar 26 2001 - 10:26:40 EST


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In general early childhood communities, children birth to age eight are
included in the definition.

Bonnie Lash Freeman
Director - Training/Special Projects
Co-Director - Head Start Family Literacy Project
National Center for Family Literacy
324 W. Main Street Ste. 200
Louisville, KY 40202
bfreeman@famlit.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nifl-family@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-family@nifl.gov]On Behalf Of
> Laurie Bercovitz
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 11:30 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:3524] RE: Literacy Terms
>
>
> In Illinois early childhood education refers to not only pre-k
> (birth to 5),
> but also the primary grades of K - 3.  I think that's what the REA is also
> referring to as early childhood education.
>
> Laura Bercovitz
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	nifl-family@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-family@nifl.gov]
> On Behalf Of
> Nancy Sledd
> Sent:	Friday, March 23, 2001 9:03 AM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	[NIFL-FAMILY:3521] RE: Literacy Terms
>
> Rosalind, we welcome you to go to www.famlit.org and learn more
> about family
> literacy.  You can also go to
> http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/nifl-family/family_literacy.html to
> search the archives of this family literacy discussion AND
> http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/FamilyLit/ to review many family literacy
> related resources.
>
> Although family literacy programs now work with families of
> children of all
> ages, "early childhood education" typically refers to pre-school (or
> pre-kindergarten) education programs.  "Adult literacy
> education," depending
> on the audience can refer to any educational program with the target
> population of adults.  However, in most family literacy programs, "adult
> education" refers to educational programs for adults with low literacy
> skills all the way through GED, or high school diploma programs.
> Nancy Sledd, NIFL-Family list moderator
> Training Specialist
> National Center for Family Literacy
> 325 West Main Street, Suite #200
> Waterfront Plaza
> Louisville, KY  40202-4251
> (502) 584-1133 ext.142
> (502) 584-0172 fax
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nifl-family@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-family@nifl.gov]On Behalf Of
> Raf79951@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 9:24 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:3519] Literacy Terms
>
>
> Could someone enlighten me as to the definitions of the following terms as
> they relate to family literacy:
>
> Early Childhood Education
>
> Adult Literacy Education
>
> Thank you.
>
> Rosalind Brazda
> Graduate Student
> Texas A&M University
> College Station, Texas
> RAF79951@aol.com
>
>



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