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 g3QGDlu17820; Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:13:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:13:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <NFBBIFMBEGGIHHPCDDKCIEGKCFAA.tracie_lit@riverside.lib.ca.us> 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: "Tracie Janis" <tracie_lit@riverside.lib.ca.us> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1020] Re: Parents as first teachers (long) X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2065 Lines: 48 I have been following with great interest this thread regarding Parents as first teachers. As a single mother with three children; two in elementary school, I have made it my priority to be involved in my daughter's school. I have been on the site council and volunteered in the classroom. I wish I had more flexibility as a parent to be even more involved and I sympathize with the parents who because of other obligations, such as work can't be involved. The parents in our family literacy program have shared with me that they would love to be able to do more at their child's school, but feel intimidated by the school environment. To make this challenge a little bit easier, we have held workshops on how to work with a child's school, teacher etc. I still always stress to our parents that they are still the child's first teacher. Tracie Janis Adult Literacy Coordinator Riverside County Library System -----Original Message----- From: nifl-family@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-family@nifl.gov]On Behalf Of SEPerkins@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 6:31 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:994] Re: Parents as first teachers (long) Sylvan has the ability to express my point of view as well or better than I can. I agree wholeheartedly with the undertanding that working with parents as the child's first and most important teacher; giving parents' encouragement, information, resources; and respecting their role and their challenges in raising their children is crit ical. The goal of family literacy is, afterall, to make "sustainable changes in a family." No educator or administrator can achieve this goal. Parents cannot be expected to achieve this goal by themselves. We must join with parents, service providers and community members to ensure continuous quality care of our most precious resource, the chi ldren of this country. No one person can do it alone. Sylvan, thank you for sharing your personal experience and the awareness you gained with all of us. Susan E. Perkins NYS Council on Children and Families
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