Thank you Sarah for your post on the Parenting for Academic Success
curriculum. The curriculum materials development included a piloting process
across 5 different states. Although targeted for NRS ESL levels 1 & 2 we had
many sites implementing the curriculum with pre-literate and semi-literate
parents. The interesting thing to note is that those parents were engaged
and excited about the content. They moved through the lessons at a slower
pace but teachers were able to extend the learning activities to include all
parents. Sites using the curriculum in KY have also reported using this
material, drawing the lessons out longer and easily supporting parents at
low levels.

Janet M. Fulton, Senior ESL Design Specialist
National Center for Family Literacy
325 W. Main Street, Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40202-4237
502.584.1133 x170
E-mail: jfulton at famlit.org
http://www.famlit.org
 

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[mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Sarah Young
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 5:33 PM
To: The Family Literacy Discussion List
Subject: Re: [FamilyLiteracy] preliterate parents

"Parenting for Academic Success: A Curriculum for Families Learning
English"
http://www.delta-systems.com/proddetail.cfm?cat=2&toc=92&stoc=0&pronum=3
372&fcat=2&ftoc=92&fstoc=0 is a resource that you may want to look into.
It is not meant for preliterate parents, but it does support the
parents' emerging literacy and English language skills. It is a 12-unit
curriculum designed for parents who are non-native speakers of English. 

[From the publisher's website]:
Its goals are two-fold:
- To develop the English language skills of parents. 
- To increase the ability of parents to support the language and
literacy development of their children in kindergarten through grade
three.

The curriculum has two components-a set of Parent Workbooks for all 12
units and a comprehensive Teacher's Resource Manual. The organizational
framework for each unit follows the stages of a lesson: Review/Warm-Up,
Introduction, Presentation and Practice, Assessment, Evaluation, and
Application.

Each lesson in the Parent Workbooks includes:
- Activities to support the language development of parents. 
- Content knowledge development for parents to support their child's
learning. 
- Activities for parents to take home and do with their child.

Each unit in the Teacher's Resource Manual provides:
- The Unit Overview, which identifies a unit goal and offers background
information and research on the unit's topic. 
- The Lesson Plans, which identify a goal, parenting skills and language
skills objectives, and suggested procedures for facilitating activities
in the corresponding Parent Workbook. 
- The Teacher Resources Section, which provides references, suggestions
for further reading, reproducible masters for activities that require
separate handouts for parents, and reproducible Parent Surveys in
English and Spanish.For parents with emerging literacy 

You can read about the research background that went into the
development of this curriculum here:
http://www.cal.org/front/parenting_bkground.pdf

Thanks,
Sarah Young
Center for Applied Linguistics
4646 40th St. NW
Washington, DC 20016
 
Phone: (202) 362-0700 ext. 529
Fax: (202) 362-3740
Web: www.cal.org
Email: sarah at cal.org
CAL: "Improving communication through better understanding of language
and culture" 

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[mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Kathleen Moriarty
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 4:02 PM
To: familyliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy] preliterate parents

Hello all -
I am interested in finding out what materials and methods family
literacy instructors have used to help their nonliterate/preliterate
adult esl students (who are parents) support the emergent literacy
skills of their own children? 

There is a wealth of information currently available on emergent and
early literacy - but finding materials, resources that are practical
(less text
heavy) for use with preliterate parents is difficult.
In addition, finding creative and successful ways in which to explain
the "why" (even in the home language) with preliterate parents is not
always easy. If you have success stories, creative methods or materials
(purchased or created in-house), research articles on this topic, and/or
book resources, please let me know.

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 Explaining the developmental path
of literacy Explaining basic book skills

Any suggestions 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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