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Direct linkBerscheid, Michelle – Childhood Education, 2023
Family Literacy is an intergenerational program that brings parents and preschool- or elementary-age children to school together. It can provide a depth in education that allows learning opportunities for children and the adults in their lives. As relationships are built, learning becomes circular between parents, children, and teachers. This…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Programs, Intergenerational Programs, Preschool Children
Download full textHanemann, Ulrike; McCaffery, Juliet; Newell-Jones, Katy; Scarpino, Cassandra – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2017
This report highlights the critical role family literacy and learning play in breaking down barriers between different learning contexts and engaging hard-to-reach adults and children in education. This report was developed as part of a family learning project initiated by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in 2016. Based on the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Family Literacy, Intergenerational Programs, Barriers
Community Action Southwest, Waynesburg, PA. – 1994
This document consists of a brief final report and a handbook from a project conducted to develop family numeracy activities and incorporate them into adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) classes in two Pennsylvania counties. The 10 activities, which were designed to help adult learners foster the development of numeracy concepts/skills in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, County Programs, Family Literacy, Family Programs
Doctor Gertrude A. Barber Center, Erie, PA. – 1994
A family literacy program was developed for families containing young children and learning-challenged adults whose limited reading skills made it impossible for them to read aloud to their children. The program's primary objective was to upgrade the parents' reading skills and knowledge of children's literature. The program was staffed by a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Demonstration Programs, Family Literacy
Northampton Community Coll., Bethlehem, PA. Adult Literacy Div. – 1993
This manual was developed for use in a 17-session family literacy program for incarcerated fathers and their children. The activities in the first eight sessions, which are designed to be completed before the children's first visit, are based on a mix of children's literature and reading materials dealing with child development and parenting. In…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Child Behavior, Child Development
EFF Voice, 2002
This newsletter reports on the activities of Equipped for the Future (EFF), which is a National Institute for Literacy initiative. EFF helps Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients build the skills needed to balance work and home and make a successful transition to work. The article "EFF Frames Family Literacy Programs"…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, American Indians
