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MOTHEREAD Program
A Family Reading & Literacy Program
“Sharing Stories is Sharing Life”
The Situation
Today in Alabama, over 250,000 adults are illiterate and 25% of the population is functionally illiterate.
The Impact
- High Unemployment
- High % of the Population on Welfare
- High Crime Rate
- Poverty
One Solution
Motheread, operating in schools, prisons, and community settings in eighteen states and the Virgin Islands, offers adults the opportunity to improve their family lives through a means often taken for granted- reading. Classes bring parents together with specially trained teachers to read and talk about the images and ideas conveyed in children’s stories. After these classes, parents are prepared to read the books to their children and discuss with them the issues raised. Parents become better role models and children become better readers.
It’s About New Beginnings
Central to Motheread’s curriculum is the idea of the everyday usefulness of the story. This concept develops in parents, and in turn their children, the confidence and capacity to question their own and others’ preconceptions about “the way things have to be.”
Most Importantly, It’s About Growing Together
Evaluations indicate that Motheread classes help parents to achieve their primary goals: teaching their children to read while simultaneously strengthening family bonds. Improved listening and speaking skills, as well as reading skills, enable parents to relate better to their children and, ultimately, bring families closer together.
Partner Agencies
Motheread’s effectiveness is due in part to the partnership with organizations already skilled in delivering services to parents and children. Classes are generally based in partner agencies concerned with education and parenting, such as: Head Start, Even Start, and Title I programs; school districts; neighborhood centers; community colleges; social service agencies; tribal communities; literacy programs; correctional facilities; and libraries. Partner agencies provide instructors, class sites, and recruitment of parents.
For More Information Contact:
Tara Holman
Motheread Coordinator
P. O. Box 9025
Dothan, AL 36304
Phone: 334-794-3446
Fax: 334-677-7229
Visit the Motheread Website
http://www.motheread.org/ |
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