Ideas for Family Literacy Programs at a Distance

Remote Instruction for Family Literacy Programs: Dealing with COVID-19 Challenges in the Virtual Classroom provides suggestions for dealing with the challenges of providing distance learning in family literacy programs. This recorded webinar, from the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy, presents ideas for creating online learning opportunities for parents and children to learn together and provides examples of virtual lessons. Digital resources are reviewed and include apps and website links. View the webinar below.

The Q & A from the webinar is also available.

Find resources for communicating with families, supporting adult learning, parent education, early childhood/school-age learning, and interactive literacy activities in Remote Instruction Resources for Family Literacy Programs. This document was updated in July.

Related Blog Posts

Tell Me a Story: Children Reading to Adults

Learn about the benefits of children practicing reading aloud to adults.

Global Storybooks

Global Storybooks is a free multilingual resource for children and youth. Through the storybook portal you can read, listen to and download illustrated stories in more than 50 languages. Developed …

Canadian Children’s Books

Get help finding interesting Canadian children’s books for all ages to enjoy.