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Family Literacy Programs: Motheread/Fatheread The Minnesota Humanities Center has been supporting Motheread/Fatheread, Storysharing, and B.A.B.Y. family literacy curricula in Minnesota since 1991. These curricula are designed to strengthen literacy, family communication, and parenting skills through the reading and discussion of excellent children's literature. Each curriculum is designed for a specific audience and includes literature representing diverse cultural traditions. The Motheread/Fatheread curriculum serves educators who work with parents. Educators who use the Motheread/Fatheread curriculum help parents and adults caregivers learn techniques for reading aloud to children and improve their reading and writing skills. Parents in Motheread/Fatheread classes also learn how to discuss important themes, such as honesty and integrity, that are found in children's literature. Storysharing serves childcare providers, school teachers, and other caregivers. Professionals who use Storysharing read aloud to children, ages 3-11, and help them connect to the stories through discussion, creative games, artwork, and dramatization. B.A.B.Y. serves those professionals who work with pregnant teens and new moms. This unique curriculum of children's books provides information on maintaining safe pregnancies and ensuring healthy infant development. The Minnesota Humanities Center works in partnership with elementary schools, child-care providers, Early Childhood Family Education, Head Start, Even Start, and other community-based sites to offer training and support of these three curricula. For more information, contact Tom Fitzpatrick, 651-772-4255. |
