Resources for Professionals

Downloadable Resources

Workplace Family Literacy

Family Literacy Tip Sheets

• Getting Started... Emerging Literacy (pdf)
• Family Literacy Tips for Parents (pdf)
• ABCs Poster (pdf) (legal size)
• Choosing Books and Recommended Book List (pdf)
• Books that Reflect Aboriginal Culture (pdf)
• Multicultural Book List (pdf)
• Party Activities (pdf)

Literacy Begins at Home Brochure (pdf)

Family Literacy Programs in Alberta 2011/2012 (pdf)

Family Literacy Program Update Form (pdf)

Radical Reader Maze Game (pdf)

Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network - Handbook of Language and Literacy Development: A Roadmap from 0 to 60 Months

National Literacy Trust - Talk to Your Baby and other resources for parents and caregivers

Resources Available for Purchase

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Foundations in Family Literacy (2009)

A systematic and comprehensive approach to professional development in family literacy for all levels of leadership, from executive directors and board members, to frontline supervisors and facilitators. Together, these six books reflect the complex range of knowledge and skills required by those who work with families for whom literacy may be a challenge.

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Growing Into Literacy -- Growth Chart

The growth chart summarizes the literacy milestones that children go through.

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Literacy Tutor's Guide

This definitive guide to adult literacy tutoring captures the skills and strategies necessary to empower tutors for success.

Linking 1-2-3 and A-B-C: All About Numeracy and Literacy (2007)

Adults and children will both benefit from the addition of numeracy activities to family literacy programs. This manual provides information and support for early numeracy development to parents, and to the caregivers and early education specialists who support them in this role.

Literacy Happens: A Resource Manual for Community Literacy Awareness Training (2002, revised and reprinted 2007)

Provides the background information needed to present literacy awareness workshops to a range of audiences, and includes information on emergent literacy, family literacy and adult literacy. However the manual focuses on workshop delivery and contains prototype workshops with overheads and handouts.

First Steps: A Resource Handbook on Oral Language and Literacy Development for Caregivers  (2003)

Caregivers have a great influence on what and how the children in their care learn. This handbook provides many resources to assist in increasing language and literacy opportunities within the childcare setting. These opportunities reflect what happens in family life rather than the more formal instruction of school.

Pathways Sourcebook (2002)

A guide for family literacy coordinators and facilitators to attract parents into community programs.