From the Library
by Bunny Cobb

The Library has acquired several of the items distributed through Literacy Services of Canada. Some have been listed below. If you are a member of LPM and would like to borrow any of these items, or know more about them, please contact the Librarian at 947-5757 or BunnyCobb@nald.ca.

Available for loan

Using Learner Writing to Assess Reading Skills: a Tool for Literacy Workers / Susan Toews. – Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy, 1998.

Youth Literacy Resource Kit : Resources to Help Literacy Programs Serve Out of School Youth Aged 16 - 24 / Margaret Oldfield. – Ontario Literacy Coalition, 1998.

A Guide for Tutoring Adult Literacy Students / Joyce Cameron. – North Shore Continuing Education, North and West Vancouver School Districts, 1988.

Doing It Right!: A Needs Assessment Workbook, — Edmonton Social Planning Council, 1993.

ABE Fundamental Level Mathematics I. Module 1, a New Way to Look at Math. – Centre for Curriculum and Professional Development, 1994.

Science within Reach: a Manual for Teaching and Learning Science in Adult Literacy Programs / RoseStrohmaier. – Kingston Literacy, 1998.

When Words Are Bars: a Guide to Literacy Programming in Correctional Institutions Marianne Paul. – Core Literacy, Waterloo Region, 1991.

Frontier College Tutor’s Handbook: a Guide to Student Centred Individualized Learning. – Frontier College Press, 1997.

Progress Profile: Measuring Progress in Literacy Development / Mary Norton. – Literacy Coordinators of Alberta, 1997.

Contract Work: a Newcomers’ Guide to Self-Employment as an Independent Contractor. – Alberta Advanced Education and Career Development, 1998.

I look forward to seeing you in the library.

News from the Regions

From the North
by Margaret Allan (677-2872)

Parents, babies, and children win again

Congratulations to Lynda Paziuk and Janice Prochera of Thompson Reading Aides Corporation and to Marge Warkentin of Flin Flon whose programs received LPM Family Literacy Awards of $200. Lynda and Janice plan to spend their award money on a BOOKS FOR BABIES program, which they will launch on National Family Literacy Day, 2000. Mothers of new babies at the Thompson General Hospital will each receive a book bag containing a nursery rhyme book and some information on reading to baby. Marge will spend her $200 on establishing a READ TO ME CHILDREN'S CORNER at the Flin Flon General Hospital. Marge and some of the parents in her Read to Me Family Literacy Program will liven up a corner with a collection of children's books, a table, posters on the wall, and a supply of crayons and paper for hospitalized children.

Aboriginal Grammar and Spelling Game

Congratulations to Marg de Kock of Flin Flon who has invented a beautiful game with an aboriginal context. It's called KISTIKEWIN ITINIWOK, which means, in Cree, "Culture of the People”. The game can be played by up to four players, and is designed at a Grade 4 - Grade 6 level. Delegates to LPM’s Annual General Meeting in November had a chance to see the game, and Barbara Wynes has a copy of it in the resource library of Adult Literacy and Continuing Education in Winnipeg.

Family Literacy Day, 2000

Already, some of the people involved in organizing last year's National Family Literacy Day have been talking about getting activities planned for the year 2000. This year, we should have our National Family Literacy Day promotional material arrive early enough to get it out to you no later than mid-January. There's a neat poster which leaves enough space for you to insert your organization's name, and where your activities will take place. So go ahead and plan for January 27th!!

Happy Winter

A smattering of snowflakes came and went, then came again and went again in Northern locations during October and November. Yet in the middle of November we were still having an unusual hiatus from the kind of weather that Good King Wenceslas looked out on, on the Feast of Stephen. Skiers and snowmobilers were longing for that deep, crisp snow that they didn't get enough of last year. And just before Saint Nicholas' Day, it arrived. Now that winter's here, I hope you enjoy it!