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Creating Home Literacy Centers
This lesson shows parents how to create and use a literacy activity center that includes pencils, crayone, paper, sissors, paste, magazines, pictures, etc.

Book Selection
This lesson offers recommendations and resources to help parents select children's books that are appropriate and enjoyable.

Book Sharing
This lesson demonstrates several effective ways to share books with children and demonstrates how to talk about books when one's won literacy is limited.

Library Visit
This lesson is designed to be part of a public library tour, complete with applications for library cards.

Book Fair
This lesson accompanies a Project FL4ME sponsored book fair where parents can select appropriate and enjoyable books for the family.

Teachng the ABCs
This lesson demonstrates simple ways to teach letters and sounds. The emphasis is on language games, songs, and language experience activities.

Children's Writing
This lesson explains how young children begin to write and shows parents ways to encourage writing at home.

Community Literacy
This lesson encourages parents to share their own literacy uses with their children while at home, at the market, and during other daily activities in the community.

Classroom Observations
This lesson offers an opportunity for parents to visit classrooms, so they can gain a better sense of how their children are taught in the schools.

Parent-Teacher Get-Togethers
This lesson offers a guided discussion with teachers and principals about children 's education.

Math at Home
This lesson demonstrates games and activities to help children understand numbers and arithmetic.

Parents and Homework
This lesson explores ways that parents can monitor and help with children 's homework even when they do not know the subject areas themselves.