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11. Books in the Home Program - Good Night, Baby Bear (2006)
Series: Books in the Home Program
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
Books in the Home is a program used widely in Canada. The program is based on the belief that parents are children's first and most important teachers. In this program, parents learn to read and share books with their children in positive and enjoyable ways. The program promotes reading and writing of both parents and children.
This program manual has been written to assist community groups who are interested in organizing and delivering a Books in the Home program in their community.
Good night, Baby Bear is the book used for this manual. It contains all kinds of family literacy learning activities such as poems and stories to learn, colouring pages, a shape game and many others.
Added: 2006-07-25
12. Books in the Home Program - Goodnight Moon (2006)
Series: Books in the Home Program
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
Books in the Home is a program used widely in Canada. The program is based on the belief that parents are children's first and most important teachers. In this program, parents learn to read and share books with their children in positive and enjoyable ways. The program promotes reading and writing of both parents and children.
This manual has been written to assist community groups who are interested in organizing and delivering a Books in the Home program in their community. The book utilized for this manual is entitled "Goodnight Moon" and includes different learning activities for children and their families such as colouring pages, connect the dot, rhyming match game, word scramble, animal picture cards and others.
Added: 2006-07-25
13. Books in the Home Program - Love You Forever (2006)
Series: Books in the Home Program
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
Books in the Home is a program used widely in Canada. The program is based on the belief that parents are children's first and most important teachers. In this program, parents learn to read and share books with their children in positive and enjoyable ways. The program promotes reading and writing of both parents and children.
This manual has been written to assist community groups who are interested in organizing and delivering a Books in the Home program in their community with the book entitled "Love You Forever". It also gives you activities you can do with your children such as family flashcards, a crossword puzzle, rhyming words and a family activity calendar.
Added: 2006-07-25
14. Books in the Home Program - Polar Babies (2006)
Series: Books in the Home Program
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
Books in the Home is a program used widely in Canada. The program is based on the belief that parents are children's first and most important teachers. In this program, parents learn to read and share books with their children in positive and enjoyable ways. The program promotes reading and writing of both parents and children.
This program manual has been written to assist community groups who are interested in organizing and delivering a Books in the Home program in their community.
In this manual, the book entitled "Polar Babies" is used for different family literacy activities such as: colouring and writing, a recipe for playdough, word games you can play at home, a memory game and more.
Added: 2006-07-25
15. Books in the Home Program - The Bear on the Bed (2006)
Series: Books in the Home Program
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
Books in the Home is a program used widely in Canada. The program is based on the belief that parents are children's first and most important teachers. In this program, parents learn to read and share books with their children in positive and enjoyable ways. The program promotes reading and writing of both parents and children.
This program manual has been written to assist community groups who are interested in organizing and delivering a Books in the Home program in their community. "The Bear on the Bed" is the book that this program is using for different learning activities to do with children. Examples of activities included are: memory and listening games, a picture book scavenger hunt, a counting game, a picture puzzle and much more.
Added: 2006-07-25
16. Bringing Family Literacy to Incarcerated Settings: An Instructional Guide (2001)
Authors: Hudson River Center for Program Development, Inc.
Collection: Learning Materials
In an ongoing effort to support the education of incarcerated youth and adults, Bringing Family Literacy to Incarcerated Settings: An Instructional Guide is offered as a supplement to the "From Incarceration to Productive Lifestyle" series. This most recent document shares the valuable experiences of numerous individuals and agencies who have successfully incorporated family literacy into incarcerated education programming.
Added: 2001-09-01
17. Building Aboriginal Literacy (2006)
Share Your Language, Share Your Culture
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
The Northwest Territories has eleven official languages -- nine of these are Aboriginal. To maintain and revitalize these languages, it's important for children to learn their language. This booklet will help families support language development within the family. The activities are simple and can be part of everyday living.
The Northwest Territories Literacy Council adapted these activities from materials that Harnum & Associates prepared for the GNWT. The GNWT's Early Childhood Development Framework for Action funded this project.
Added: 2006-05-10
18. Building Strong and Effective Community Partnerships, a Manual for Literacy Workers (1996)
Authors: Sharon Skage
Collection: Learning Materials
The objective with this manual has been, first of all, to establish a context for community partnerships, in order to provide an understanding of the benefits, issues, and challenges which are attached to forming partnerships. The second half contains practical, useful information on building community partnerships from the ground up.
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Added: 1996-01-01
19. The Canadian Heritage Community Partnership and Voluntarism Collection (1997)
Collection: Research Materials
This page provides links to a collection of 15 publications, grouped under the following headings:
1. Recruiting Volunteers: "Volunteering: A Traditional Canadian Value" "Why People Volunteer" "Stronger Together" "Bridges to the Future" "Family Volunteering: The Ties That Bind" "Volunteering for Work Experience" "A Springboard to Tomorrow"
2. Fundraising: "Fundraising Ideas That Work for Grassroots Groups" "Face to Face" "How to Estimate the Economic Contribution of Volunteer Work" "Guide to Special Events Fund Raising"
3. Promotion: "Promoting Volunteerism" "Low-Cost Small-Scale Publishing" "Publicity!" "Volunteering in the Workplace"
Added: 1990-01-01
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20. Celebrating International Literacy Day, September 8, 2002 : Teach the Mothers and Reach The Children (2002)
Authors: Thomas G. Sticht
Collection: Research Materials
In the context of International Literacy Day, this article discusses the positive effects of education on mothers, which in turn affects the cognitive development and educational attainment of their children. The author makes specific reference to an organization in Washington DC called Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW), which conducts related research and provides training to women.
Added: 2002-08-28
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