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 i4HEGcm28932; Mon, 17 May 2004 10:16:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 10:16:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p0510030fbcce7726e42c@[128.148.147.35]> 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: Janet Isserlis <Janet_Isserlis@Brown.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1842] Why family literacy? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 1999 Lines: 43 Dear all, Apologies for joining into the conversation late (I was away last week). In addition to the information from Meta (below), I'd also suggest that family literacy is part of a very broad understanding of literacy itself and its functions. The EFF role maps touch on things that adults need to know in order to function in their multiple roles; as well, I think of family - or intergenerational or even community - literacy as a way of framing the ways in which younger and older people, in varying combinations, utilize literacies (in their broadest) sense. So an intergenerational literacy program could include elders telling stories to young people, people interviewing neighbors of all ages to develop oral histories of their neighborhoods/communities, parents, caretakers, other adults reading to and with children, literacy-infused work with small children (early childhood kinds of activities with an eye toward developing emerging literacy), etc. etc. There are many variations and permutations -- some "pure" family literacy programs with four components, as well as other ways in which people of different ages come together to work with language and print. In addition to NIFL's special collection of family literacy resources, http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/FamilyLit/index.html I'd also like to share some that I've gathered at http://www.brown.edu/lrri/intergen.html Janet Isserlis >There are many other kinds of family literacy programs, some funded by >private industry or corporations, some by local governments, etc. >Some are located >in CBOs, some in Centers, some in schools. Some of the most effective are the >Family and Child Education Programs that are located on American Indian >Lands. Many sources of funding, but most programs follow the premise that a >comprehensive program consists of four components: > Adult Education > Early Childhood Education > Parent and Child Time Together, and > Parenting Education
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