Family Literacy Programs General Information

Through working with teachers, parent educators, early childhood educators, librarians, social service providers, and other family literacy professionals, the Minnesota Humanities Center provides leadership, programs and resources that advance reading and literacy efforts in homes, schools, libraries, and the community.

Family Literacy Programs include:

  • Motheread/Fatheread - includes Storysharing, Motheread/Fatheread, and B.A.B.Y. (Birth and Beginning Years) curricula
  • Reading with Dad Initiative - features the Reading with Dad booklist, Dads and Kids Book Clubs; and FRED (Fathers Reading Every Day)
  • Minnesota Storytime - a collection of free reading guides of children's picture books by Minnesota authors, illustrators and/or publishers
  • Early Literacy Workshops - a series of professional development opportunities for those working in early literacy
  • Reading Aloud - a core workshop that can be designed to meet the unique needs of the training audience

For information on the Humanities Center''s Bilingual and Heritage Language Programs, click here.


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