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Together: Reading Activities for Parent and Child
This is a booklet designed specifically for parents with limited reading skills. This simple text offers parents who are developing their own literacy skills insight into fostering these same skills in their children. It presents parents with activities to encourage their children to read. It also lists specific children's books parents can use in conjunction with these activities. The booklet costs $3.50 each for 1 to 9 copies and $3.00 for 10 to 100 copies.
To order, contact Literacy Volunteers of Otsego and Delaware Counties, 21 Liberty Street, Civic Center - Room 302, Sidney, NY 13838. Phone (607) 563-1278.
Revised and updated annotated bibliographies are now available from the Clearinghouse in the following areas
- GED
- ESL
- Family Literacy
- Special Populations
- Language Arts
- Reading
- Mathematics
- Life skills
- Citizenship
- Program & Professional Development
- Study Skills
- Spanish Materials
- Workforce Literacy
To order free copies, contact TCALL, e-mail: tcall@tamu.edu
(800) 441-7323 or (979) 845-6615.
Stories Of Women With A Common Goal This is a collection of essays created by adult participants of Project PLUS, a ten county ACE Co-op program in San Marcos. Appropriate reading materials for adult new readers are scarce. This booklet as well as The Number One Team and The Magic Crystal, a story created by the children and staff of Project Plus, help fill that gap. It also provides an example that might be adopted by other programs. Contact the Clearinghouse at (800) 441-7323 or (979) 845-6615 for free copies.
Single copies of the following ERIC materials are available at no cost:
- Critical numeracy for adults
- Inclusive adult learning environments
- Using Internet in vocational education
- Prison literacy programs
- Guidelines for working with adult learners
- Peer tutoring in ABE literacy education
- Workplace literacy: lessons from practice
- Collaborative learning in adult education
- Teaching adults with learning disabilities
- School-to-work transition
- Locating adult literacy information on the Internet
Mail your order (up to 5 items for individuals and up to 15 items four centers) to: User Services, ERIC/ACVE, 1900 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1090.
