Project PACT (Parent and Child Together). Final Performance Report.

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contents Project PACT (Parent and Child Together). Final Performance Report. Adult Basic Education Adult Literacy Adult Programs Family Literacy Intergenerational Programs Library Extension Literacy Education Parent Child Relationship Parent Education Picture Books Reading Instruction Story Reading Student Recruitment An intergenerational literacy program designed to help adults learn to read to their children or grandchildren, called PACT (Parent and Child Together), was conducted by the Scotland County (North Carolina) Memorial Library. The project trained two tutors in the storybook method of teaching reading and also gave the essentials of the method to two other volunteers. A public awareness campaign was conducted to recruit students. However, during the year-long project, the amount of time needed for developing public awareness and recruiting students was found to be longer than anticipated. The project was revised so that the project director worked with students at the local literacy council using the storybook approach. Books were provided for the students to take home to read to their children or grandchildren. The 10 students served liked the approach, and some who had not learned to read using phonics read a book for the first time. A computer was purchased and proved popular with students at a low reading level. (Appendixes to the report include a brochure describing the program, which was disseminated to all North Carolina libraries and literacy groups; copies of local newspaper articles about the program; a flier cooperatively produced with local groups; a list of suggested books for an intergenerational literacy project; and examples of some of the types of recruitment used.) (KC)
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spellingShingle Project PACT (Parent and Child Together). Final Performance Report.
Adult Basic Education
Adult Literacy
Adult Programs
Family Literacy
Intergenerational Programs
Library Extension
Literacy Education
Parent Child Relationship
Parent Education
Picture Books
Reading Instruction
Story Reading
Student Recruitment
Project PACT (Parent and Child Together). Final Performance Report. Adult Basic Education Adult Literacy Adult Programs Family Literacy Intergenerational Programs Library Extension Literacy Education Parent Child Relationship Parent Education Picture Books Reading Instruction Story Reading Student Recruitment An intergenerational literacy program designed to help adults learn to read to their children or grandchildren, called PACT (Parent and Child Together), was conducted by the Scotland County (North Carolina) Memorial Library. The project trained two tutors in the storybook method of teaching reading and also gave the essentials of the method to two other volunteers. A public awareness campaign was conducted to recruit students. However, during the year-long project, the amount of time needed for developing public awareness and recruiting students was found to be longer than anticipated. The project was revised so that the project director worked with students at the local literacy council using the storybook approach. Books were provided for the students to take home to read to their children or grandchildren. The 10 students served liked the approach, and some who had not learned to read using phonics read a book for the first time. A computer was purchased and proved popular with students at a low reading level. (Appendixes to the report include a brochure describing the program, which was disseminated to all North Carolina libraries and literacy groups; copies of local newspaper articles about the program; a flier cooperatively produced with local groups; a list of suggested books for an intergenerational literacy project; and examples of some of the types of recruitment used.) (KC)
title Project PACT (Parent and Child Together). Final Performance Report.
topic Adult Basic Education
Adult Literacy
Adult Programs
Family Literacy
Intergenerational Programs
Library Extension
Literacy Education
Parent Child Relationship
Parent Education
Picture Books
Reading Instruction
Story Reading
Student Recruitment
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED333125