Family Literacy Programs--Opportunities and Possibilities (Feature ARTICLE‪)‬

At first glance the mission of family literacy programs is clear. These programs help children and their parents improve their literacy skills. What could be simpler? Invite children and their parents to a school library where children learn to read better and parents learn how to help their children read better. Teacher-librarians and classroom teachers plan sessions where the parents bring their young children to the school, the children are read to, and the parents are shown how to read aloud to their children and how to discuss books with their children. Children will experience success in school and parents will participate more in their children's education.