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| Learning Together, Playing Together | Families in Motion |
| The Canadian Book of abc's | Prison Education |
| Group Support for Learners in Transition |
| Training Materials for Learner Involvement |
| Literacy Needs Assessments for Community Groups |
| Reader's Helper | Testing the Balance | Working in Concert |
| Document Literacy | Opening Doors to Learning |
| Roast Moose and Rosaries, Fred & Mary's Story |
Learning Together, Playing Together
This family literacy program guide describes activities that encourage parents with low literacy skills to share in their children's learning experiences.
The guide is the product of a family literacy program developed by the Cranbrook Boys' and Girls' Club and the College of the Rockies. The program was funded through the B.C. literacy cost-shared program.
The program was designed to actively involve parents with low literacy skills in all aspects of their children's development. The play activities in the book, which can be used at home or in a group, are based on themes such as. Art-literacy connection; We are music; and Science - the wonder of it all.
Copies are available from Literacy B.C, while supplies last.
Phone: 1-800-663-1293.
Families in Motion: A Success Story
The four-year history of a community-based family literacy program in the Fraser Valley is detailed in this handbook.
Production of the handbook was funded by the B.C. Literacy cost-shared program and sponsored by the program partners, including the University College of the Fraser Valley.
The handbook tells the story of "Families in Motion," which began in 1992 as a pilot project and continues today as a successful community-owned family literacy program in Chiliiwack.
Topics in the handbook include: the role of the community partners; sustaining the project over time; and the challenge of shifting responsibility from government seed money to community ownership.
The handbook, and an accompanying video of informal interviews with the staff and participants of "Families in Motion," are available on loan from Literacy B.C.
Phone: 1-800-663-1293.
Celebrating the letters of the alphabet is the theme of this colourful book for preschool children.
The book showcases the creative talents of 26 Canadian advertising agencies, in partnership with ABC CANADA. Each agency purchased a letterof the alphabet and depicts it through words and pictures in a double-page spread.
Proceeds from the book go to the ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation to help children of all ages learn to learn. ABC CANADA is a joint initiative of business and labour, supporting the development of a fully literate Canadian population.
You can purchase the book for $10 at Chapters, Coles, Smithbooks, and The Book Company bookstores. You can also order it directly from ABC CANADA for $10.00 (plus shipping and handling). Contact:
ABC CANADA
1450 Don Mills Road
Don Mills, Ontario M3B 2X7
Phone: (416) 442-2292
Fax: (416) 442-2293
This recently published report describes the delivery of a learning program that used volunteer tutors in a correctional setting.
The program was delivered in 1994-95 by the John Howard Society of B.C. The program partners included the Vancouver Pre-Trial Services Centre - a 224 bed remand centre in Vancouver's downtown eastside - and the Carnegie Adult Learning Centre, which provided the tutor training. The program was funded by the B.C. literacy cost-shared program.
The special skills and training required for volunteers to teach inmates in a correctional setting are a focus of the report, which includes a manual developed for tutors who participated in the program. As well, the report provides insights into issues such as working within the institutional framework of a prison, and effectively recruiting inmates as learners.
Copies of the report are available from Literacy B.C. while supplies last.
Phone: 1-800-663-1293.
Group Support for Learners in Transition: The Development of Support Networks
This handbook focuses on providing learners with support and encouragement when they leave the classroom and move on to further education or employment.
The handbook is the product of a 12 month pilot project at the Victoria READ Society, funded by the B.C. Literacy cost-shared program.
The handbook provides a model for the development of support networks during what can be a difficult transition period for learners. Support networks provide learners with a safe and comfortable environment where they can share experiences, develop confidence, and learn to set goals, speak assertively, handle setbacks, and find support within themselves and in their communities. At Victoria READ, the network included a weekly support group, workshops on different topics, and one-to-one meetings between learners and the project coordinator.
I'm more determined now and stronger now that I can do it. Before I would have backed down and given up - a learner who participated in Victoria READ's support network.
Copies of the handbook are available from Literacy B.C. while supplies last.
Phone: 1-800-663-1293.
Training Materials for Learner Involvement
How can learners contribute to the work of literacy agencies? How can their contributions be encouraged, supported, and acknowledged?
Those questions are addressed in this handbook, the product of a project at Project Literacy Victoria that was funded by the B.C. Literacy cost-shared program.
The handbook includes suggestions about:
- involving learners in interviewing and selecting volunteer tutors, and in tutor training
- developing a "learner-friendly" board
- making the Annual General Meeting more interesting for learners
Copies of the handbook are available from Literacy B.C. while supplies last.
Phone: 1-800-663-1293.Think of a pyramid of activities at different levels of involvement. All of the activities are important to the organization. Learners need more skills to help in some of the activities. They might like to start with jobs that are easier or that don't take as big a commitment.
Literacy Needs Assessments for Community Groups
A model for literacy agencies and community groups to work together in reaching out to young adults learners is presented in this book.
The book is the product of a research project by Project Literacy Victoria that was funded by the B.C. Literacy cost-shared program.
The project was designed to help community groups assess the literacy needs of their clients and refer them to existing literacy programs. A further goal was to identify barriers to participation in these programs.
Copies of the book are available from Literacy B.C. while supplies last.
Phone: 1-800-663-1293.
A set of tutorials designed to help literacy learners study literature. The two-page tutorials, which are produced and distributed monthly, deal with topics such as: narrators and narration; style and tone; setting; and characterization. To be put on the mailing list, contact:
Christine Jackman
274 North Patterson Street
Prince George, B.C. V2M 3J2
Phone: (250) 562-421 9
Fax: (250) 562-4864
Email: campbelljackman@bc.sympatico.ca
Testing the Balance: 50/50 Management in a Volunteer Tutor Program
A report describing the concept of 50/50 management - maintaining a balance between bringing people into a program and keeping them in a program. Order for $10.00 (including shipping) from:
Prospects Literacy Association 9913-108 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5H 1A5
Phone: (403) 421-7323
Fax: (403) 421-7324
Working in Concert: Federal, Provincial and Territorial Actions in Support of Literacy in Canada
A current profile of literacy activities in Canada, published by the NLS. Copies are available from Literacy B.C. while supplies last.
Phone: 1-800-663-1293.
Document Literacy: A Guide for Workplace Trainers and Educators
A guide designed to familiarize educators with the complexities of document use in the workplace, and to assist them in preparing adult learners to effectively use these documents in their working lives. Order for $30.00 (plus GST and shipping) from:
SkillPlan
B.C. Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council
4303 Canada Way
Burnaby, B.C.
V5G 1J3
Phone: (604) 436-1126
Fax: (604) 437-7539
Email: skilplan@axionet.com
A guide written for parents with primary school age children who are experiencing difficulties with reading, writing, and spelling. The guide is designed to help parents access services for their children through the public school system and in the private sector. Order for $10 (plus GST and shipping) from:
Prince George Dyslexic Support Society
Dyslexia Resource Centre
101-490 Quebec Street
Prince George, B.C. V2L 5N5
Phone: (250) 564-8011
Roast Moose and Rosaries, Fred & Mary's Story
Fred and Mary Courtoreille are husband and wife and Cree Elders of the Salteau First Nations in northeastern B.C. This book tells of their lives between 1910 and 1930 when Mary was growing up in a residential school and Fred was growing up on the land.
Fred and Mary tell their story through their spoken words. The written record in this book was produced as a group effort by the students of the Muskoti Learning Centre in Moberly Lake, B.C., and other individuals. Funding was provided through the B.C. literacy cost-shared program.
I have never been in jail but we figured it was like jail because we were not allowed to speak to anyone outside the convent. The road was very near the convent yet we were not allowed to go out. We never had freedom and we felt like the prisoners we had read about - from Mary's story
I love bush life and learn a lot from Mother Nature. I never learn to read or write. I don't speak nor understand the English language until I am a teenager. I learned that language the hard way. My wife now correct me when I pronounce the words wrong - from Fred's story
Copies are available from Literacy B.C. while supplies last.
Phone: 1-800-663-1293.The book, along with teacher's guides for advanced and fundamental learning levels, can also be purchased for approximately $10.00 each from:
Twin Sisters Publishing Company
P.O. Box 160
Moberly Lake, B.C. V0C 1J0
Phone: (250) 788-9754
Fax: (250) 788-9347
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