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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Fotonovelas for parental involvement at school!



Check out this very cool concept from the National Center for Family Literacy! Funded by a grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, they created two fotonovelas (both of which are available in English and Spanish) which teach parents how and why they should be involved with their children's education and schooling. Fotonovelas are a graphic style of book, similiar to a comic book, which are popular in Latin American. They combine pictures and words to tell a story.
The two fotonovelas created by NCFL are designed to help clarify the American expectation of parental involvement in education to people who may come from cultures without such an expectation. They explain such things as parent/teacher conferences and ways in which parents can be involved with children's schoolwork at home. PDFs and videos of these fotonovelas are available for free online. I'd love to see us at the library do something similar where we make videos that demonstrate what kind of assistance students and families can receive at our Homework Help Centers!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Katie,
As the person who developed the foto-novelas, I am thrilled to see your comments on your blog. Thanks for getting the word out there. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at dhasson@famlit.org!
Best wishes for a great 2009,
Deborah Hasson

Rene Colato Lainez said...

Great!

You can check our blog Los Bloguitos

It is a blog in Spanish for children.

www.losbloguitos.com