Hi!

When I worked at a child care center, we would host bi-monthly Family
Reading Nights, where families could come and listen to stories, create
literacy related/theme related art projects, and have a yummy snack.
These lasted about an hour to an hour and a half, and when we first
started, only the dedicated families stayed and participated.  As the
program went on, more and more families came because we posted flyers in
the community, sent out press releases, and formed a mini-partnership
with the local library.  

 

Another thing that was semi-successful was creating reading bags for
families to borrow.  We would place either a book or a book and cassette
tape in a large zippered bag.  We would also include tips for reading
aloud to children, and for older kids, we would list some easy to do
activities.

 

Our local library hosts a summer reading contest, and although it is
designed for older children, I think it could be adapted for parents as
well.  Basically, each parent would be given a chart and they would
color in a square each time they read a book to their child.  They could
then be rewarded with small prizes (through donations or some other
inexpensive source).

 

Hope these help!
Angela 

 

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From: familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Gail Price
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 8:44 AM
To: The Family Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 526] Motivating Parents To Read To Their
Children

 

Before Christmas, I asked if there were any topics of interest or any
questions that you had for the List. I know that was a busy, winding
down for the holidays, so the responses were a little meager. I did,
however, hear from a couple of subscribers-one who had three items
listed that she would like to learn more about and one who had some
thoughts about research relating to parent/child interactive activities.
My response to these subscribers is a bit overdue, so I thought perhaps
focusing on each separately might garner a little more response for each
of their thoughts and requests.

 

So, on behalf of Sara Mansbach, please respond to the following:

I would be interested in learning about motivating parents to read to
their newborn to 4 year old children-what works, what doesn't.

Sara C. Mansbach, D.Ed.

Program Director

Lapsits for Early Literacy

864-414-0875

info at lapsits.org

 

 

Gail J. Price

Multimedia Specialist

National Center for Family Literacy

325 W. Main Street, Suite 300

Louisville, KY 40202

gprice at famlit.org

502 584-1133, ext. 112

 

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