Skillman Center for Children’s
Family Literacy Workshops and
Detroit Kiwanis No. 1’s “books for kids”
In 2005/2006, the Skillman Center for Children will convene a series of family literacy
workshops. Part 1, Encouraging Early Literacy in Infants and Preschoolers,
will include background information in early childhood brain development and
emergent literacy; practical applications to be taught to parents and
caregivers that encourage the development of literacy in infants, toddlers and
preschoolers; and examples of fun activities for parents and children. Part 2, Mission
(Not) Impossible: Encourage Literacy in School-Aged Children, will provide
suggestions for activities to make reading fun for reluctant readers; ways to
encourage reading as a life-long learning process; strategies for connecting
books and kids to their everyday lives; and ways to encourage boys, who
traditionally read less than girls, to read.
The workshops are open to anyone, but are
aimed at those who work with literacy programs
serving families; home visit programs where workers interface with parents,
especially, pregnant and parenting teens; and programs focused on strengthening
parenting skills. A schedule of upcoming workshops can be found on our
Web page at www.skillmancenter.culma.wayne.edu
or you may call 872-7166 for more information.
The Center has also
entered into a partnership with the Kiwanis Club No. 1 Detroit and their
community outreach program, “books for kids”. Over the past four years,
the club has distributed more than 400,000 supplemental reading books to
Detroit public elementary school students. The focus of the project is to help
teachers and parents instill a love of reading and learning in children during
the early grades.
The Kiwanis is now
expanding this distribution to community-based organizations and agencies in
the Detroit metropolitan area. Anyone who works with children, youth and
families and wants to include literacy strategies in their programming is
eligible for free books. Service providers working to strengthen families by
including reading as parenting or “teachable moment” strategies may also
apply.
Please find attached
an application form for the books. Once completed, please return the form to
the Skillman Center. We will contact you after your request has been approved
and you may then make arrangements to select and pick up your books from the
Kiwanis “books for kids” warehouse.
Any questions? Call (313) 872-7166 for more information.
Approved: ______________________________________________
Request for Children’s Books
Please fill out the
information below to submit your agency’s request for FREE books from
the Kiwanis Club No.1 Detroit “books for kids” project:
Agency
name and address:
Name:_____________________________________________________________________
Phone number and Email:___________________________________________________
Fax number: ______________________________________________________
Program
name (if different from agency) and brief description of how you serve
children, youth and families:
Number of children
served and range of ages:______________________________
Number of books
requested:________________________________________________
Signature of
Director/Supervisor:_________________________________________
You may email, fax
or mail your request form to:
Linda Stone
Skillman Center
for Children
100 E. Palmer, Ste
123
Detroit, MI 48202
Phone: 313
872-7166 Fax: 313 872-7126
Email: AK5703@wayne.edu
When the Skillman Center
notifies you that your request has been approved, we will send you information
about where and when to pick up your books.