NEW RESEARCH From Colorado!
See the first edition of the Motheread/Fatheread Colorado Quarterly Newsletter and read the results of the Colorado Humanities Motheread/Fatheread Study conducted in 2013-2017. The Corporation for National and Community Service has posted a Research Brief showing that the study found a statistically significant changes in parental behaviors and preschool children’s language growth. Information about the full study as published in the peer-reviewed journal, Early Education and Development, is also found here.
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Guam Humanities celebrates 25th anniversary
One of MotherRead’s partners, The Guam Humanities Council, recently celebrated their 25th anniversary. Like MotherRead, The Guam Humanities Council is committed to reaching and teaching economically disadvantaged families, incarcerated adults, and immigrant families through the power of story and multi-cultural children’s literature. Check out this video about the impact the Guam Humanities Council has had on the people and in the communities on the island of Guam and around the world.
Motheread receives $40,000 GSK IMPACT Award for building a healthier Research Triangle
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today announced that Motheread is one of nine Research Triangle winners of a 2014 GSK IMPACT Award. Motheread will receive $40,000 in recognition of its exceptional achievement in contributing to a healthier Research Triangle region. GSK announced the winners in a ceremony at its RTP Campus.
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Motheread on State Government Radio
Carolyn Dickens, Motheread President, was recently interviewed by Barlow Herget on State Government Radio Today. Click on the link below to hear the interview and learn more about our work.
http://sgrtoday.com/audio-shows/sgr-exclusive/4602-illiterate-parents-prompted-to-read-to-help-children.html
Motheread featured in the Mooresville (NC) Tribune
The Mooresville Recreation Department’s summer Motheread program was featured in the Mooresville Tribune newspaper. Marnie Reber, director of Family Support Services for the Iredell County Partnership for Young Children explained the goal of the program, “Parents will be able to build their child’s reading skills while interacting with other parents and children for socialization.” Click on the link below to read the article.
http://www.mooresvilletribune.com/community/with-motheread-literacy-is-everything/article_f75a1558-f169-11e3-85b0-0017a43b2370.html
Literacy Invites and Nurtures Kids’ Success (L.I.N.K.S.) Wake County Project Assessment
This report presents results of an assessment, conducted in seven child care centers located in Wake County that explored teachers’ classroom practices following specialized LINKS training using the Motheread approach. The training highlighted effective use of pedagogical practices known to enhance students’ literacy development and increased engagement with books. The assessment focused on teachers’ consistency and program fidelity in using sustained practices reflective of their training. Results revealed increased effectiveness among teachers’ application of classroom practices supportive of student learning and literacy development. Teachers were knowledgeable about the approach and comfortable using the methods learned. Moreover, the learning environment for students’ reading and meaningful engagement with books increased, with modest assistance still merited in teachers’ design of learning spaces for reading engagement and system support from center directors for their efforts.
Click on the link below to read the full report
Wake County L.I.N.K.S. Report.
Motheread Helping to Sound the Alarm: WAKE Up and Read
Motheread president, Carolyn Dickens, has been asked to participate in the WAKE Up and Read campaign, an initiative launched to improve early childhood literacy in Wake County, North Carolina. Dickens joins leaders from the Wake County Public School System Office of Early Learning, Wake County Smart Start, libraries, pediatricians, faith-based organizations, the business community, civic groups, and fellow non-profits. Dickens serves on two action teams. First, while serving on the Resource Coordination Team, she helps to provide books and related academic material to low-income families and children. She also serves on the Parent Awareness and Education Action Team. Recognizing the importance of parent education in meeting the literacy needs of children, Dickens says, “Parents are their children’s first and most important teacher. Motheread has always taught parents how to help their children develop early literacy skills and a love of reading in a way that is nurturing and even fun.”
National Office Looking Up and Out: Race to the Top
In December of 2011, North Carolina was awarded one of nine Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge grants from the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. From January 2012 to December 2015, seventy million dollars will provide funding for a number of projects designed to improve learning and development for young children, including an innovative strategy called the Early Childhood Transformation Zone. Motheread will be working to help families support early language and literacy in the Transformation Zone which includes Beaufort, Bertie, Chowan, and Hyde counties. Motheread trainers will be traveling to the Zone to provide Motheread/Fatheread, Story Exploring and B.A.B.Y. trainings as needed.
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