Family Literacy
Family Literacy programs offer parents an opportunity to increase their education and employability while learning to support their children's development. These programs provide four integrated components to the family.
- Interactive literacy activities between parents and their children.
- Training for parents regarding how to be the primary teacher for their children and full partners in the education of their children
- Parent literacy training that leads to economic self-sufficiency
- An age-appropriate education to prepare children for success in school and life experiences.
Grants
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy 2010 Maryland Grant Competition
The Foundation's grant-making program seeks to develop or expand projects that are designed to support the development of literacy skills for adult primary care givers and their children. Organizations may begin submitting grant applications as soon as possible. They are due by the close of business December 7, 2009. No exceptions will be made.
Maryland Reporting
Maryland DLLR Family Literacy Forms
A system for reporting parent achievement
Learning Resources
American Baby
A guide to pregnancy and baby information
Baby Center
Pregnancy and baby information
Disney Family.com
Fun Ideas, advice, fun stuff to do
Families-Schools.org
Resources for families and schools to strengthen school communities. Includes a data base for available parent involvement resources
Family Center
Provides resources for Parent and Children Together (PACT) activities, family literacy and family numeracy, and links to information helpful to parents
Family Education Network
Parenting advice, child development and family reference
FatherMag.com
An online magazine for fathers
Fathers.com
Information for fathers from the National Center for Fathering
Idea
Box
Early childhood education and activity resources
Kid's Health
Health information about children from before birth through adolescence
Kid'sNet
Resource for children's television and radio and multi-media sources
KidSource OnLine
A web source for in-depth and timely education and healthcare information for parents
Kid's
Smart
Guide to early learning and technology for home and school
The
Learning Ladder
A Reading and Writing curriculum for early care
and education teachers, children and families
The
Maryland Children's Health Program
Federally Funded Health Insurance
Program for low income children up to age 19 and pregnant women of any age
Mighty
Book
Free online read aloud picture books for kids from 2-12
The National Center for Family Literacy
The NCFL pioneers – and continuously improves – various family literacy models and approaches to improve the lives of at-risk children and families.
The
National Parenting Center
Activities for children, craft ideas, articles
on parenting and more
NIFL
- Family Literacy Special Collection
Provides individuals working with families a way to access a variety of high quality resources quickly and easily
Parenthood.com
Parenting topics from A to Z
Parenting Corner
Resources and articles for parents from the American Academy of Pediatrics
Parenting Pipeline
North Dakota State University Extension Service Parenting Newsletters
Parents.com
Information from Parents Magazine
Sesame Workshop
Articles on parenting, games, ideas, videos and more
StorkNet
Pregnancy and parenting information
Whitehouse101
Facts and fun about our presidents, first pets and more
Zero to Three
Resource on the first years of life |
