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Peer reviewedMayfield, Margie I. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1999
Examines family literacy programs worldwide. Describes how principles of family literacy are reflected in the programs' intergenerational nature and flexibility. Describes strengths of such programs, including the inclusion of all family members, community participation, the accommodation to varying family interests and needs, provision of…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Family Literacy, Family Programs, Family School Relationship
Thompson, Linda W. – 1988
A summary of the research on adult literacy indicated factors which make an effective program: recruitment of students centered on personal contacts, individual intake conferences, and sensitive and compassionate teachers with high morale about the program. A summary of the research in preschool literacy programs stressed that factors associated…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Family Involvement, Family Literacy, Intergenerational Programs
Download full textDelaney, Lara; Finger, John A. – 1991
This fact sheet begins with an overview of family support programs, which includes a discussion of the premises of family support programs and the assumptions on which they are based, and a list of typical program components. The remainder of the fact sheet focuses on one type of family support program, family literacy programs. These programs…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Services, Early Childhood Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
Mountainbird, Pauline – 1991
A Massachusetts family literacy project, the Northampton Family Literacy Project, is described, in which adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners enrolled in a community educational center in order to learn English as their children enrolled in a child care program at the local library. Both groups were involved in language activities,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature
Hoffman, Janet B. – 1992
An intergenerational literacy program was developed for 40 teenage parents and their children enrolled in an alternative education center. The program was designed to empower teenage parents to develop the emerging literacy of their children while reducing their own literacy deficiencies. The Once upon a Time-Together program acquainted teenage…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Early Parenthood
Campbell, Dottie C.; Wilson, Kathleen – 2001
This document is designed to help literacy practitioners and others promote and establish family literacy programs to prepare adult learners in South Carolina for their roles as parents, workers, health consumers, and citizens. The rationale for promoting family literacy is explained. The following topics are discussed: a design for family…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum
