MMSCL LEFA PowerPoint 2011

Promotes literacy language skills and lifelong learning for children and their parents/ caregivers. Family Literacy makes sustainable changes by integrating the following:
Interactive literacy activities between parents and their children
Parent literacy training that leads to increased self- esteem and confidence to interact in society
Age – appropriate education to prepare children for success in school and life experiences
Training for parents on how to be the primary teacher for their children and full partners in their children’s education

Interactive literacy activities between parents and their children

Training for parents on how to be the primary teacher for their children Suffolk Police Department Sisters United in Health/ Breast Cancer Workshop Suffolk Health Department SCDHS /Minority Health Cornell Cooperative Extension/ Nutrition Workshop U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Parent literacy training that leads to increased self –esteem and confidence to interact in society

Age – appropriate education to prepare children for success in school and life experiences

Civic education empowers students to communicate well with others on important issues such as community decision making and voting. A program designed to help adults acquire the skills they need to meet their personal, vocational, academic, community and employment goals. Citizenship Tutoring

Learning English a Family Affair morning class Spanish evening class

iPod Touch Program Father’s Day Program National Family Literacy Day LEFA Summer Program

Early Immersion English for Toddlers School age participants Parents homework help class Parents and children doing homework together

Bronfenbrenner, Urie (1979). The Ecology of Human Development- Experiments by Nature and Design . Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press.
Wasik, Barbara A. (Ed.) (2004). Handbook of Family Literacy . Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, NJ.
Center for Applied Linguistics. Practitioner Toolkit :Working With Adult English
Language Learners
Queens Borough Public Library.

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