Making the Connection: Children's Books, Adult Learners and Family Literacy

For Teachers of Adult Learners*

Children's books, when selected carefully and used effectively, are powerful teaching tools and excellent vehicles for building family literacy. Participants will get practical, hands-on experience with using children's books to develop adult-appropriate activities.

GOAL AND OBJECTIVES

Goal

The goal of this workshop is to develop instructional skills in using children's books with adult learners.

Objectives

On completion of this module participants will be able to:

1. Understand the concept of family literacy and how it amplifies and reinforces the goals of adult education.
2. Recognize that adults who teach the skills they are learning increase their retention of those skills.
3. Select children's books appropriate to specific areas and levels of instruction.
4. Integrate children's books into the curriculum by using them to create instructional activities.

*This workshop focuses on integrating a family literacy instructional strategy into existing adult literacy instruction. It is most appropriate for those who work with ABE and ESL learners. Experienced family literacy practitioners are not the target audience of this training.