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Family Literacy Program

family literacy kidsAre you looking for activities that will encourage your family to explore and experiment? The Family Literacy Program addresses the educational needs of the "entire family." It teaches families to work together to promote life-long learning. The program is free and available to families with children from birth to third grade.

The following four Family Literacy components promote life-long family learning:
  1. family literacy kidsCustomized Parent Education Workshops address family issues such as nutrition, discipline, divorce, finances, etc. The instructors serve as a resource for the parents.
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  3. family literacy kidsAdult Education Classes prepare students for GED testing; refresher classes prepare students to start post-secondary education or for employer testing.
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  5. family literacy kidsInteractive Literacy Activities (ILA) provide parents with the opportunity to spend quality educational time with their child. The program includes partnerships with various groups and libraries. Each child or family is given a free book for their home library at the end of each activity.
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  7. family literacy kidsEarly Childhood Education provides age appropriate assessments on developmental fine and gross motor skills, cognitive, language, social-emotional, and self-help instructions for young children. Based on the child's assessment results, parents are given information they can use to play and work with their children to help improve the child's skills.

For more information, please contact:

Debbie Colosi at our Greensburg office at (724) 836-2600 ext. 208
or
Melody Clinton at our Uniontown office at (724) 437-2590 ext. 352

Visit our Family Literacy Events page:


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