• Provide a set of stimulating interactive activities for parents and children.
• Train parents in reading and English-language development so they can be active partners in their children’s learning.
• Demonstrate to parents the strong connection between literacy and school success for their children.
• Use culturally appropriate reading materials for children and their families.

 
When The Latino Family Literacy Project presents its workshops it does so with the idea of having these four best practices or core components in our program. We do this by making the family the center of our work. From that center we then build concentric circles of knowledge and influences around the family unit.
 
We start with the innermost circle which is in the home and that includes establishing regular reading routines, developing English as a Second-Language, supporting the home language, and honoring the existing home culture.
 
The next circle extends to the best practices outside the home. In this second circle we include parent involvement in school, the acculturation process, language and skills development, socioeconomic influences, the community, and extended family members.
 
The third outermost circle represents the world at large and includes school goals, and the local school community.
 
The interactive nature of this set of influences and the use of the best practices model for family literacy are what makes The Latino Family Literacy Project an effective program that is being used in schools throughout the United States.
 
If you would like more information, please contact us toll-free at 877-LECTURA or call 626-799-4371 or visit our website.
 
Hoping to see you at a workshop!
 

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The Latino community is all about family. This reading program for Spanish speaking parents teaches parents how to help their kids with their reading skills, and they identify with the stories.

Kids have a lot to say about their parents who attend The Latino Family Literacy Project. They LOVE reading with their parents, and they LOVE learning new words and building stronger reading skills.

Parents who speak Spanish are often at a loss when it comes to with reading with their children, especially if they don’t have books in Spanish and English. If a Spanish book is available to the parents, that makes it possible for them to read with their children. But even better, is when the book is in Spanish and English and they have the opportunity to learn English together with their children.

“Acquisition requires meaningful interaction in the target language – natural communication – in which speakers are concerned not with the form of their utterances but with the messages they are conveying and understanding.” Dr. Stephen Krashen, a linguist and professor emeritus at the University of Southern California.

This testimonial video was filmed at Brooks Elementary school to demonstrate that Spanish-speaking parents benefit greatly from participating in The Latino Family Literacy Project at their child’s school site. And you can see that the kids are so proud of their parents when they see them trying and learning a new language. Here we are highlighting the children, because that’s what its all about…..helping children to read for school success.

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