There is a curriculum available through the National Center for Family
Literacy called "Parenting for Academic Success, a Curriculum for Families
Learning English". I have just ordered it and it looks very good. We have
also used a curriculum called, "Lullabies to Literacy" to teach tutors and
providers working with low literate parents how to help parents support
their children's literacy needs.
Darlene Hurtado
Literacy Volunteers of Central CT

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[mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Kathleen Moriarty
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 3:54 PM
To: EnglishLanguage at nifl.gov
Subject: [EnglishLanguage] preliterate parents

Hello all -
I am interested in finding out what materials and
methods adult esl instructors have used to help their
nonliterate/preliterate adult students (who are
parents) support the emergent literacy skills of their
own children? I realize this may seem a post for the
family literacy discussion group (and will post there
as well) - but I would like like to gather information
from as many sources as possible.

Materials/methods for helping adult students who do
not yet read in their home language and/or English :
Using audio (with children's books)
Making books
Using storytelling for literacy development
Explaining to parents the "why" behind early literacy
practices

Any suggestions, book or research article tips, etc.
would be appreciated. We are compiling resources to
share with professionals who teach parent education,
esl, child care providers, etc. who are preliterate.
Thank you,
Kathleen Moriarty
Director - Bilingual and Heritage Language Programs
Minnesota Humanities Commission
987 East Ivy Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55106
kathleen at minnesotahumanities.org


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