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Literacy for Life Foundation's mission is to facilitate and deliver literacy resources. The information provided on this web site is one of the ways our organization is fulfilling that mission. All individuals and agencies are welcome to download and use any of the documents that are on this section of our web site. We ask that recognition to Literacy for Life Foundation or appropriate author is given when utilizing the documents available.
Downloads:
Building Blocks Family Literacy Program Forms
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Essential Skills Resource Guide
• PDF format (6.9 MB)
Daily Log 2B
• Microsoft Word format (194k)
• PDF format (31k)
Intake 1A
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Microsoft Word format (40k)
• PDF format (32k)
BBL Before 0-60 months (legal)
• Microsoft
Publisher format (884k)
• PDF
format (106k)
BBL After 0-60 months (legal)
• Microsoft
Publisher format (885k)
• PDF
format (62k)
BBL Before - School Aged (legal)
• Microsoft
Publisher format (882k)
• PDF
format (36k)
BBL After - School Aged (legal)
• Microsoft
Publisher format (883k)
• PDF
format (37k)
ELL BBL Before and After 0 - 60 months
• Microsoft
Word format (35k)
• PDF
format (29k)
BBL ELL Before and After School Aged
• Microsoft
Word format (40k)
• PDF
format (30k)
BBL Goal Setting – Birth to 17 years (legal)
• Microsoft
Word format (168k)
• PDF
format (98k)
Essential Skills Sheet
• Microsoft
Excel format (30k)
• PDF
format (13k)
Participation In The Building Blocks Family Literacy Program
• Microsoft
Word format (74k)
• PDF
format (28k)
Building Blocks Family Literacy Program
Incident Form
• Microsoft
Word format (28k)
• PDF
format (26k)
Emergent Literacy Checklist
• Microsoft
Word format (55k)
• PDF
format (112k)
Today's Activities Form
• Microsoft
Word format (79k)
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PDF format (105k)
Teacher Letter
• Microsoft
Word format (119k)
• PDF
format (40k)
Time Sheet
•
Microsoft
Office Excel (42k)
• PDF
format (16k)
Request for Support
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Microsoft
Word format (34k)
• PDF
format (29k)
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Literacy Group Forms:
You may choose to download the following forms in their original format
(Microsoft Word, Excel or Publisher) or as a PDF file.
Group Registration - includes Before and After 0-60 months (legal)
• Microsoft
Publisher format (919k)
• PDF
format (98k)
Group Attendance Sheet
• Microsoft
Word format (843k)
• PDF
format (26k)
Family Belief Sheet (legal)
• Microsoft
Word format (809k)
• PDF
format (26k)
Rhythm and Rhyme Planning
• Microsoft
Word format (567k)
• PDF
format (123k)
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Parent Resources:
You may choose to download
the following forms in their original format (Microsoft Word or Excel) or as
a PDF file.
Bouncy Rhymes
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Microsoft Word format (36k)
•
PDF
format (15k)
Lullabies
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Microsoft Word format (33k)
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PDF
format (14k)
Rhymes
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Microsoft Word format (76k)
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PDF
format (37k)
Songs
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Microsoft Word format (92k)
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PDF
format (45k)
List of internet websites
on various subjects
related to literacy, learning and activities for parents and children.
• Microsoft Word format (153k)
• PDF
format (73k)
What is child development?
• Microsoft
Word format (96k)
• PDF
format (58k)
Reading out loud to your Children!
• Microsoft
Word format (3328k)
• PDF
format (85k)
Chart - A child must hear 1000 stories
before they go to school
• Microsoft
Office Excel (16k)
• PDF
format (9k)
Message to parents!
• Microsoft
Word format (48k)
• PDF
format (73k)
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Family Literacy Bingo Card
Literacy begins at home.
It’s never too early, or too late, to read, write, sing, talk, rhyme
and play with your children. Make every day a learning day and every
place a learning place, even just talking to kids helps make a difference.
Stay involved, go to parent-teacher interviews. Keep reading together,
kids are never too old to benefit from this shared learning experience.
Below are more activities you can do as a family to encourage literacy
development. See if your family can fill in all the squares on
this Family Literacy Bingo Card.
| Discuss a newspaper article together. |
Go to the library together. Think of a question
to ask the librarian. |
Fix or build something around your home together |
Cook or bake together. Double the recipe and
discuss the math involved. |
Play a word or guessing game like “I Spy” |
| Count out the money together as you pay for
something at a store. |
Watch a movie or TV show together and then discuss
what it was about. |
Read a book together. Go through it a second
time and make up your own story. |
Sing a nursery rhyme together then change the
words. |
Write out goals together, whether they are only
for a week or a long term goal. |
| Read signs around town and along the highway.
Read a map together to plan your next trip. |
Play a board game as a family. |
Tell each other all about your day. |
Create a travel kit of books, pencils, markers
and paper to use while on the road. |
Make a craft together. |
| Make a shopping list together. Use pictures
from flyers. |
Work on homework together. |
Make alphabet soup. Make words out of the letters. |
Go to a play or concert. If you can’t,
act out your own play together. |
Write a letter or email together. |
| Do a crossword puzzle. |
Do a jigsaw puzzle together. |
Play hopscotch outside or write words in the
snow or dirt. |
Make a calendar of weekly activities together. |
Look at family pictures and then tell a family
story. |
Were you able to do them all?
Can you add any of these activities
to your everyday routine?
Can you involve other people such
as grandparents or family friends? January
27th is Family Literacy Day!
Celebrate it by sharing
these ideas with someone you know.
Make your own Bingo with
literacy activities you do. For more information or to
find out about programs in your area, call Literacy for Life
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Tutor Resources:
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Our "Share the Gift of Stories" book
from Family Literacy Day 2006 is now available. This book
was written and illustrated by children, parents and other
community members in the Municipal District of Foothill's
#31. Our thanks to Megan Summers for the volunteer hours
she contributed to typing and arranging the stories.
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"Share the Gift of Stories" -
2005
written and illustrated by children, parents
and other community members in the Municipal District
of Foothill's #31. Typing and arranging
of by Brenda Metzger and her children. Thanks!
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"Share the Gift of Stories" -
2004
Written and illustrated by community members
in the Municipal District of Foothill's
#31. Typing and arranging
of by Jake and Katie, two Katimavik
volunteers. Thanks!
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