What is a family literacy program?
A family literacy program integrates four components. It provides (1) literacy or pre-literacy education for children, (2) literacy training for parents or caregivers of children in the program, (3) a means of equipping parents or caregivers with the skills needed to partner with their children in learning, and (4) literacy activities between parents or caregivers and their children. Note that the fourth component could be met in a variety of ways. For example, parents can engage in literacy activities with their children at the family literacy center, parents can be given assignments and materials that they and their children can work with together at home, or reading activity nights with parents and children can be organized at the local library. The definition above is consistent with the Even Start and Head Start definitions of family literacy programs. The family literacy concept considers the family as a “school” for education and learning and the parents as their children’s firs
