A world where every child can read
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Family
Literacy Groups:
A model first step for building
a literate community
Family Literacy Groups is an Educational Community whose goal is to bring together families with young children learning to read.
Our
approach is not the same as many foundations which center their approach
on reading to the child. We recommend books that are Montessori
in approach and allow for the child to read along with
the parent. Child friendly small-sized books, short in length and
containing
first words in a phonics-based system.
The premise is to develop the child into a successful, happy reader who enthusiastically offers to show his/her skills to others and anticipates every new book. Member families have the opportunity to share ideas with an online group and set up or take part in local off-line meetings. There, they are able to share experiences, concerns and find help to insure they are doing the best possible job teaching their children at home.
This connection is especiallly important for home-schoolers.
The Need for Literacy Programs
..More
than 40 million American adults are functionally illiterate.
..The National
Education Center for Statistics show almost
40% of children ages 9-10, cannot read at the
basic 4th grade level. Children
who do not learn to read proficiently in school
become the functionally illiterate adults described
in these studies.
Why is that a problem?
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43% of people with reading deficiencies live
in poverty. -
70% of people with reading deficiencies have no job or only a part time job.
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70% of prisoners performed in the lowest 2 literacy levels;
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$5 billion a year in taxes go to support people receiving public assistance who are unemployable due to illiteracy.
- Children of parents who are unemployed are five times more likely to drop out before finishing high school than children of employed parents.
Functionally illiterate adults and children can never enjoy the pure pleasure of reading, whether a newspaper, a Harry Potter novel or a letter from Grandma.
Educational tools for Family Literacy Groups Projects are provided by MontessoriHOME , manufacturer of fine educational products for children, parents and teachers.
Family
Literacy Groups is a registered a 501 C3
Bob Korngold, Founder
For
further information on our group or any of our projects, please contact
us by E-MAIL
or
talk to us direct: 914
472-9849
- Six month parent-to-child Reading Program designed for children three and older.
- Parent-to-Child Software Connection
- Educational Materials
- Hardware: Web-cams, microphones and headphones.
- Each family is assigned a teacher
- Referrals to additional help
- Online Idea-Sharing Forums
- One-on-One Parent/Child Connection
- Support for Hispanic military households
Military families are at special risk for the stresses working against family literacy. The U.S. Department of Defense Child Development System provides services to 1.2 million children under age 18 through 800 service centers worldwide. 244,000 of those children are under age 3. Those children live in families in which parental absences are often very long and parental working hours are constantly changing.
Six percent of military families are single parent, and in dual parent households two thirds of military spouses are also employed.Military families are no less insulated from the effects of poverty than the population as a whole.
A parent’s participation in a child’s early education makes a huge difference in whether a child succeeds in life as well as whether returning soldiers succeed in family life.
Independent, in-depth research study and further information on aspects of this program are available on request.
Cost per
Sponsorship: $400
BENEFIT*: PRICELESS