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Our Mission - Building skills and enriching lives through literacy in the Lapeer County area.
There are variety of Internet
Resources that provide valuable information related to Family
Literacy issues. Here are some that we find particularly helpful:
 Verizon Literacy University (Recommended)
Verizon Literacy Campus http://www.literacycampus.org/
The Verizon Literacy Campus provides online courses and
other resources to support literacy organizations and volunteers.
LAPEER
Lapeer District Library: http://www.library.lapeer.org/
Family Literacy Center partners
with the Lapeer District Library to improve literacy throughout
Lapeer County. The library hosts many of our workshops.
Lapeer County Information Depot
http://lapeer.org
- Lapeer Information Depot is
a collaborative effort of the five Lapeer County school districts,
Lapeer Intermediate School District, Lapeer District Library, and
the Lapeer County Technology Coalition, an adjunct of the Community
Support Council of Lapeer County, Michigan. The listings signify
the areas of representation on the Council and provide information
submitted by departments, organizations and units within those
areas.
MICHIGAN
Michigan Literacy, Inc. http://www.michiganliteracy.org
Michigan Literacy, Inc. is dedicated
to advancing basic literacy skills throughout Michigan and beyond.
MLI serves over 113 literacy programs in Michigan, as well as
adult learners and the public.
NATIONAL
Different types of teaching methods
http://www.allkindsofminds.org
A web guide for kids
http://www.yahooligans.yahoo.com
Has homeworks help sections
http://www.discoveryschool.com
Great information for the whole family
http://www.migreatparents.org
Covers topics A - Z
Information on learning disabilities
http://www.ldonline.com
The leading website about learning disabilites.
Teaching kids to read
http://www.readingrockets.org
Information about teaching kids to read
and helping those who struggle.
Jim Trelease on reading
http://www.trelease-on-reading.com
A super website from Jim Trelease,
author of The New Read Aloud Handbook.
Boys and reading
http://www.guysread.com
A website devoted to boys and reading. From
Jon Scieszka, author of The Stinky Cheese Man and the True Story of the 3 Little Pigs.
Mel Levine's website
http://www.allkindsofminds.com
To help students who struggle
with reading. This website has information about different ways kids learn.
Family Learning Association
http://www.kidscanlearn.com
From the Family Learning Association -
Helping parents, teachers and homeschoolers help kids become motiviated students.
English Club
http://www.englishclub.com/
The world's premier free site to teach and
learn English. Online interactive lessons for learning English.
Dave's ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com/
The internet meeting place for ESL teachers and
students from around the world. Includes resources for teachers and online
activities for students.
ESL Administrator Dot Com
http://www.esladmin.com/
An online magazine for ESL school administrators.
National Institute for Literacy
http://www.nifl.gov/
The Institute provides national leadership
regarding literacy, coordinates literacy services and policy, and serves as a national
resource for adult education and literacy programs.
Proliteracy Worldwide http://www.proliteracy.org/
ProLiteracy Worldwide is a nonprofit international literacy organization based in Syracuse, NY, that was formed by the 2002 merger of Laubach Literacy International and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. ProLiteracy Worldwide is now the oldest and largest nongovernmental literacy organization in the world and pursues a mission of sponsoring educational programs that help adults and their families acquire the literacy practices and skills they need to function more effectively in their daily lives.
National Center for Family Literacy
http://www.famlit.org/
- The National Center for Family
Literacy is a non-profit organization supporting family literacy
services for families across the United States through programming,
training, research, advocacy and dissemination.
Links to other Adult Literacy and Education Resources
Links to other Adult Literacy and Education Resources
Adult Literacy & Technology Network
http://www.altn.org
American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
http://www.aaace.org
American Council on Education & GED Testing Service
http://www.acenet.edu
American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/
BoardSource
http://www.boardsource.org/
Center for Applied Linguistics
http://www.cal.org
The Center for Literacy Studies. University of Tennessee
http://cls.coe.utk.edu
Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication
http://reading.indiana.edu/
Commission on Adult Basic Education, Inc. (COABE)
http://www.coabe.org/
Community Partnerships for Adult Learning (C-PAL)
http://www.c-pal.net/
Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy
http://www.caalusa.org
The Educator's Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/
Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy & Goodling Institute
http://www.ed.psu.edu/isal
International Reading Association
http://www.reading.org
Learning Disabilities of America, Inc.
http://www.ldanatl.org/
NALS Synthetic Estimates of Adult Literacy
http://www.casas.org/lit/litcode/
National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center
http://ldlink.coe.utk.edu/
National Alliance of Urban Literacy Coalitions
http://www.naulc.org/
National Center for Family Literacy
http://famlit.org/
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/
National Center on Adult Literacy
http://ncal.literacy.upenn.edu/
National Council of State Directors of Adult Education
http://www.naepdc.org
National Institute for Literacy
http://novel.nifl.gov/
National Institute for Literacy's LINCS
http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/search/search.html
Pfizer's Partnership for Clear Health Communication
http://www.askme3.org/
SCALE Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education
http://www.readwriteact.org
TESOL Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
http://www.tesol.org
United Way of America
http://national.unitedway.org/
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/
U.S. Office of Vocational and Adult Education
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.html
Verizon Literacy Campus
http://www.literacycampus.org/
Voice for Adult Literacy United for Education (VALUE)
http://literacynet.org/value/
World Education
http://www.worlded.org
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