Cathy Puett Miller on finding local adult literacy programs.
Picture Books: Enjoyable at Any Age
Adult literacy programs can make use of these high-quality materials.
Resources for Adult Literacy
References and Inspiration for Teachers and Tutors.
National Adult Literacy Database /Base de Données en Alphabétisation des Adultes
The NALD provides a comprehensive and readily accessible database of adult literacy programs, resources, services and activities across Canada. Readers of all nationalities, and educators to all age groups, will be impressed by their far-reaching collections:
Full-Text Documents: From this page, you can access scholarly documents such as research reports, directories, articles, and reviews.
Story of the Week: This page allows adult learners to share their original stories, some of which can be listened to, as well as read. A new story is featured each week, while others can be found in the
Archives.
Educational Resources: In addition to their own collections, above, the NALD provides direct links to help busy practitioners visit other useful resources.
The Key: A Newspaper for New Readers
The Key looks like a typical online newspaper, but it's easier to read. The Key New Readers Newspaper Project encourages you to make as many copies of these articles as you need. This is a terrific resource.
The California Distance Learning Project
Adult learners will find this useful information on life skills easy to read. Many articles have accompanying vid. Another top-notch resource that is free!
No wonder English is difficult to learn: Or fun with heteronyms.
Clever quotes from the site of AVKO Dyslexia Research Foundation. Adults will enjoy working with sentences like, "After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number."
Adult Education Resources on the Web
An excellent collection of links from the Maryland State Adult Literacy Resource Center.
Learning Resources
Wow! You've got to take a look at, and listen to, this site: The Western/Pacific Literacy Network and the CNN San Francisco bureau have created news stories with written scripts and accompanying video footage.
The State of Literacy in America
This service of the National Institute for Literacy enables you to find adult literacy statistics for your state, county, congressional district, or town.
Links to Recommended Book Lists for Teenage and Adult Readers
Picture Books for Older Readers Suitable for Shared ReadingThe New Zealand Ministry of Education presents a book list arranged by theme.
Worth a Thousand Words: Picture Books for Older Readers
Selected Bibliography for
Worth a Thousand Words
This list is organized by topic.
Picture Books for the Upper Grades
Carol Otis Hurst
Sara Beer's "Había una vez..."
