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Redlands Family Literacy Program Celebrates The Wonders Of Reading
Redlands
Daily Facts: 12.04.2020 by Diane Shimota, Adult Literacy Coord-A.K. Smiley Library
Family Literacy Program
The Family Literacy Program began one
year ago at A.K. Smiley Public Library and what a year it has been for all of
us! The California State Library provided funding for the Family Literacy
Program because research has shown that parents are their children’s first and
most important teachers. Family literacy introduces adult learners and their
children to the value of reading together and helps parents develop skills to
support their children’s education with fun and creative learning activities.
Prior to the
library’s closure in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Family Literacy
Program participants met in-person. Parents and children made new friends and
supported each other as they learned new strategies to encourage a love of
reading. Family literacy coordinators Joan Prehoda and Renee Kennedy adapted
the program to online meetings using Zoom last May. These online meetings
provided new and unanticipated opportunities for families to learn. Children as
young as age 5 learned how to take Zoom polls online and join breakout rooms.
At the
November meeting families discussed the concept of emotions and appropriate
ways for their children to express those feelings. Families read “The Way I Feel” by Janan Cain and asked the
children to use play dough on a face mat to recreate several different
feelings. READ
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The Way I Feel
Welcome to the Riverside Public Library’s Literacy Program
Through RPL's Literacy
Program, trained volunteer tutors provide one-on-one tutoring to
English-speaking adults who want to improve their reading, writing and computer
skills.
The Literacy
Program is for English speakers. The library does not offer ESL courses.
Interested
in becoming a Tutor?
The library
is always looking for bright motivated people to serve our community as tutors.
Please call (951)826-2238 to get started.
Interested
in becoming a student?
Adults can improve their reading, writing and computer skills through our Adult Literacy Program. Adults are carefully matched with trained volunteers and usually meet with their tutors weekly to improve their reading skills. English-speaking adults that read below high-school level should call us at (951)826-2238 or visit our office for more information. We strongly recommend that participants meet weekly with a tutor, and set aside additional time to practice at home. READ MORE ➤➤
New LB Reads' Article Club
Long Beach Public Library: 12.01.2020
The new LB Reads' Article
Club invites adult learners to join our virtual meeting where we'll learn about
national and international events with easy-to-read news stories and fun
activities.
Our club meets the first Saturday of the month @ 10AM.
El Club de
Noticias de LB Reads los invita a aprender inglés leyendo sencillos reportajes
sobre acontecimientos nacionales e internacionales, además de divertidas
actividades.
El club se reúne cada primer sábado del mes a las 3 pm.
is a
one-on-one literacy tutoring program that aims to help English speaking adults
improve their reading and writing skills so they can reach their potential as
workers, parents, community members, and lifelong learners.
If
interested, please contact, the Volunteer Services Librarian by phone at (562)
570-7500 or by email at lbpl_volunteers@lbpl.org.
Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events
December 2020
SCLLN Literacy Library
Tutor Training Calendar
December 2020
Local Tutor Workshops
Always Scrolling in the Right Frame
Redlands Community Invited to Use Adult Literacy Resources
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| The Cell Phone Lot |
Smiley
Library Blog: 10.04.2020 by Diane Shimota
Generous
donors and grantors have enabled the Redlands
Adult Literacy Program to acquire a
wide selection of literacy materials that are available for checkout by anyone
in the community. These materials may be helpful to students who want to
improve their reading and writing skills, and adults who want to improve their
English literacy skills. You are invited to peruse the adult literacy
collection at A. K. Smiley Public Library where you will find: fiction and
nonfiction stories, biographies, abbreviated classics, graphic novels, audio
books, and workbooks that enhance learning for those who are working to improve
their literacy. Literacy books are written with themes that appeal to adult
readers, but with grammar and vocabulary that make the books easy to
understand.
The adult
literacy collection includes contemporary stories that are available to
everyone regardless of their reading level. The Gemma
Open Door Series books are quick and easy to read. One of these books, The Cell Phone Lot by Greta Gorsuch, was chosen by the adult learner book club for
their November selection. The book is a story about a young woman who lost her
job and found herself unable to pay her bills. This resilient young woman found
a way to generate income by working for a ride-sharing company. Through this
new endeavor, she built relationships with people she met as they waited for
riders at the cell phone lot.
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The pandemic has not slowed down adult literacy activities. If you are interested in becoming a tutor or if you would like help in reading and writing, please call Diane Shimota, adult literacy coordinator, at 909.798.7565, ext. 4138, or email her at literacy@akspl.org. The literacy program is free to all participants. If you have any questions about the adult literacy collection, please call or email the adult literacy coordinator. READ MORE ➤➤
