Last Chance to Register for RACE FOR A CAUSE!
October 9, 2012 at 10:30 AM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | Comments Off on Last Chance to Register for RACE FOR A CAUSE!Tags: 1 Mile Fun Run, 8k, acumen solutions, alumni, AmeriCorps, americorps partners, announcement, Announcements, arlington race, Basic Adult Literacy, Boy and Girls Club, Children, community, Fairfax Education, family event, family fun, Family Learning, for love of children, friends, give, giving, Greenbrier Learning Center, James Lee Community Center, literacy, literacy council, literacy council of northern virginia, local superheroes, north quincy street, October 14th, Our Daily Bread, race for a cause, run for local charities, run or walk, select the non-profit of your choice, students, The Reading Connection, the women's center, the women's centert, united for d.c., Volunteer, volunteers, you get to be a superhero too, young playwright's theatre
Don’t miss your chance to sign up to support the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia for the Acumen Solutions™ Race for a Cause 8K and 1 Mile Fun Run, which takes place this Sunday, October 14, 2012, in Arlington.
This a great event with a “super” post race event, which includes yummy food from Anita’s, Chidogo’s, and Whole Foods, as well as fun kids activities AND awesome raffle prizes for “big” kids (must be present to win)! Come support our local Superheroes. We encourage you to sport your favorite “superhero” attire! Don’t have a cape? Acumen Solutions will also be providing capes to all youth registrants!
We still need 40 registrants to be eligible for race proceeds. YOU can help us reach our goal! Join our walking literacy team?
Not in town? Sponsor a friend or family member as a runner! Every donation – big or small – helps support our cause. Please call or email Suzie Eaton (seaton@lcnv.org) with any questions and go to www.theraceforacause.com to sign up!
Registration Costs
- 8k: $35 through October 13
- $40 Race Day
- 1 Mile Fun Run: $20 Youth (no shirt; gift will be provided!);$35 Adult (8k technical T-shirt)
Registration Packet Pickup @ Potomac River Running Store, Arlington:
- Friday October 12, 4-8 pm
- Saturday October 13, 11 am – 4 pm
- Sunday October 14 (Race Day), 6:30 am – 7:30 am
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, Va 22042
(703)237-0866
www.LCNV.org
Supporting LCNV: BeanTree’s Love of Literacy
July 25, 2012 at 1:24 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Uncategorized, Volunteers | Comments Off on Supporting LCNV: BeanTree’s Love of LiteracyTags: americorps partners, BeanTree, BeanTree Learning, Children, Children's Books, Class, community, creative campus for children, creative campus for literacy, Development, family, family event, family fun, Family Learning, family literacy, jennifer bower, lcnv learners, literacy, literacy council, literacy council of northern virginia, Loudon Literacy, love of literacy, oatland plantation, teaching, teaching strategies, thank you!, tracy gilliam
This past spring, Carisa Pineda and Serife Turkol attended the 7th Annual BeanTree Learning Family Picnic at Oatlands Plantation in Leesburg. More than 400 new books were donated by families of students attending BeanTree Learning as part of the school’s 4th Annual “Love of Literacy” Campaign to benefit families served by the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia, and the Loudoun Literacy Council. The 200 books received by the Literacy Council are very high quality titles that included many board books which are often expensive for our program to purchase. The Family Learning Program will give these books away to the families we serve.
This is the second time the Literacy Council has received such a generous donation from BeanTree. Many thanks are due the BeanTree families who provided the books and a special thanks to Jennifer Bower, the owner of BeanTree, as well as Tracy Gilliam for coordinating the donation.
Founded in 2003, BeanTree Learning is a privately owned and operated Creative Campus for Children developed by Jennifer Bower.
Carisa Coburn Pineda
Family Learning Specialist
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org
My First Tutoring Session
May 15, 2012 at 12:12 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Student Stories, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | 1 CommentTags: alexandria branch library, alumni, AmeriCorps, americorps partners, Amharic, announcement, Basic Adult Literacy, best practices, community, Ethiopia, ethiopian, family, family fun, Family Learning, James Lee Community Center, LCNV, lcnv learners, lesson plans, Library, Lisbeth Goldberg, literacy, literacy council, Loudon Literacy, northern virginia, one-on-one, student story, student testimonial, students, teaching, teaching strategies, training, tutoring, Volunteer, volunteer story, volunteer testimonial, volunteers, Writing
By. Lisbeth Goldberg
There was an announcement by the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia regarding their next volunteer tutor training for ESOL; it’s a structured training program on three consecutive Saturdays, and they assign you a specific student.
I immediately phoned and signed up because I’d been wasting my Saturdays, and I always liked training classes. The three Saturdays were really excellent, with about 35 people in the class. I was assigned an Ethiopian lady who’d completed eight years of school in her home country. She knew a few English words and some of the letters, but couldn’t write her name in English and could not converse in English.
Yesterday, at 4:00 pm, I met with my student, and two of her daughters at an Alexandria Branch Library. The eldest daughter is a college student. Her sister is a senior in high school, and there is another sister who is a junior in high school. The girls were delightful, with an easy laugh. Mom had a solemn face, and she just looked down and sighed. The girls were doing all the talking.
The Literacy Council sends you off to your first meeting well prepared. There are three flyers on a) what to do in your first session; b ) needs assessment and goal setting, and c) a form to be signed by the student, an agreement to study and practice. The eldest daughter read the student agreement to her mom. When they got to the sentence, “Promise to do my homework,” the girls started giggling and laughing at the idea of Mother doing homework. When the daughters got to the statement, “If the student doesn’t do her homework, the teacher might not teach her anymore,” they couldn’t stop laughing. Mom remained rather somber, sighing, and with no eye contact.
Then we began the lesson introducing ourselves by name. I asked the student how I should pronounce her name, and practiced it several times. She listened and practiced pronouncing my name. We did lots of repeats. Needless to say, Amharic and English have very different sounds to some letters and vowels. When Mom got it right, I gave a big smile and clapped my hands — very good. She clapped back and looked me in the eye, even smiled. I had explained to her, she may be a beginning student, but I was certainly a beginning teacher.
I was about to give her a homework assignment, to practice copying her name in English and then write it next class, but she was a step ahead of me. [She] told her daughter to tell me she would practice for next class, and proudly said my name with a big smile.
After the first meeting, the class is one-on-one. But the eldest daughter said that her mom really needed help, so the three daughters will rotate accompanying Mom to class. I’m extra lucky. I have these beautiful, enthusiastic daughters to work with me and to help their Mother learn English. They each thanked me with a handshake, a smile, and a bow on their way out.
I was on a high; it was the best of times!
Please consider becoming a Volunteer Tutor like Lisbeth. Visit Tutoring or email volunteers@lcnv.org.
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org
More Photos from the 2012 Reading: A Family Affair!
March 30, 2012 at 2:58 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | Comments Off on More Photos from the 2012 Reading: A Family Affair!Tags: alumni, AmeriCorps, americorps partners, Announcements, barbara effron, Basic Adult Literacy, bob brown puppets, celebrate literacy, Children, Class, community, Development, donate, ESOL, event news, event updates, family, family event, family fun, Family Learning, family literacy, family reading, friends, fun while reading, gary lloyd, Gerry Connolly, groovy nate, jacqueline jules, James Lee Community Center, Kalavaridhi, Kalavaridhi Dance School, LCNV, lcnv learners, Linda Smyth, literacy council, Loudon Literacy, march 24, Mark Keam, NOW THIS!, performance art, RAFA, rafa updates, reading a family affair, reading as a family, reading is a family affair, reading is fun, students, support, teaching, thank you!, tutoring, voices from the glen, Volunteer, volunteers, Writing, zurii conroy
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Another big thank you to everyone who attended the 6th annual Reading: A Family Affair.
Make sure to read our previous blog, which also highlights Reading: A Family Affair: Thank You for Supporting RAFA.
Also, visit the Literacy Council’s flickr to see more pictures of our programs and events: LCNV Flickr Photostream.
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org
Thank You for Supporting Reading: A Family Affair!
March 28, 2012 at 3:00 PM | Posted in Uncategorized | 2 CommentsTags: alumni, AmeriCorps, americorps partners, announcement, Announcements, barbara effron, Basic Adult Literacy, bob brown puppets, celebrate literacy, Children, Class, community, Development, donate, ESOL, event news, event updates, family, family event, family fun, Family Learning, family literacy, family reading, friends, fun while reading, gary lloyd, Gerry Connolly, groovy nate, jacqueline jules, James Lee Community Center, Kalavaridhi, Kalavaridhi Dance School, LCNV, lcnv learners, Linda Smyth, literacy council, Loudon Literacy, march 24, Mark Keam, NOW THIS!, performance art, RAFA, rafa updates, reading a family affair, reading as a family, reading is a family affair, reading is fun, student stories, students, support, teaching, thank you!, tutoring, voices from the glen, Volunteer, volunteers, Writing, zurii conroy
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The Literacy Council’s Reading: A Family Affair is always a fun event, but there was something special about this one. Maybe the rainy, cool weather brought more people inside, because the attendance was higher than ever – over 600 people. LCNV Staff also had the support of 56 volunteers and very engaged members of the James Lee Community Center staff.
Six years ago, when the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia started Reading: A Family Affair, the idea was to create a fund-raising event that was fun, accessible to our adult learners and their families, and promoted books and storytelling in an active, creative way. LCNV was bringing books to life – for families – for free.
Reading: A Family Affair has really become a local community event: showcasing local performing artists and storytellers; promoting one of the best community centers in Fairfax County; engaging volunteers and civic organizations, like Crystal City – Pentagon Rotary Club; and hosting Clifford the Big Red Dog, a celebrity from our local PBS TV station, WETA. The Literacy Council has created an event that brings the community together to celebrate the joy of books.
This year was also special because our local elected officials attended, demonstrating their vote-of-confidence in the Literacy Council’s contribution to the community. Congressman Gerry Connolly was in attendance, and took the time to present the Literacy Council with a Congressional Commendation for 50 Years of Service to the community. Delegate Mark Keam, representing the Vienna and Tyson’s Corner District in the General Assembly, attended RAFA and Supervisor Linda Smyth, from the Providence District, made her annual visit. It is always a privilege to see our community leaders engaged in local events, and with such busy schedules, the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia is honored that they chose to come to RAFA.
Thank you to all who attended, and particularly to Verizon for their signature sponsorship and long-time funding for Reading: a Family Affair. The Literacy Council also thanks WETA-Kids for sharing Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Target and Crystal City – Pentagon Rotary Club for their continued support. Lastly, LCNV thanks Day and Night Printing, Jason’s Deli and Cosi for their in-kind contributions, as well as the many volunteers who gave up their Saturday. Thank you to all for making Reading: A Family Affair a big success.
Patricia M. Donnelly
Executive Director
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org
Come to Reading: A Family Affair Tomorrow!
March 23, 2012 at 3:02 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | Comments Off on Come to Reading: A Family Affair Tomorrow!Tags: AmeriCorps, americorps partners, Announcements, barbara effron, Basic Adult Literacy, bob brown puppets, celebrate literacy, Children, Class, community, Development, donate, ESOL, family, family event, family fun, Family Learning, family literacy, family reading, friends, fun while reading, gary lloyd, groovy nate, jacqueline jules, James Lee Community Center, Kalavaridhi, Kalavaridhi Dance School, LCNV, lcnv learners, literacy council, Loudon Literacy, march 24, NOW THIS!, performance art, RAFA, reading a family affair, reading as a family, reading is a family affair, reading is fun, students, support, teaching, thank you!, tutoring, voices from the glen, Volunteer, volunteers, Writing, zurii conroy
Reading: A Family Affair (RAFA) is just a day away! RAFA is a free family literacy day presented by the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia (LCNV). This event brings books to life through a variety of venues:
• SEE a Book (on stage performances by puppeteers and musicians)
• HEAR a Book (storytellers)
• BECOME a Book (audience participation)
• READ & WRITE a Book (reading/writing activities; book giveaways)
• CLICK a Book (guided computer activities)
Reading: A Family Affair provides an opportunity to introduce kids and their parents to the literacy activities available throughout the community; it also has become a way for the Literacy Council to get the word out to potential volunteers, adults who need LCNV services, and businesses and individuals looking for a great mission to support.
Come and attend Reading: A Family Affair. The event will spotlight storytellers, musicians, dancers, and puppeteers from the greater Washington Metropolitan Area. Stories are told in many ways. Engage all of your senses in the magic of literacy!
WHEN: This Saturday, March 24, 2012 from 9:30 AM – 2:20 PM
WHERE: James Lee Community Center, 2855 Annandale Rd., Falls Church, VA 22042
*Parking will be available.
*For safety and space reasons, baby strollers cannot be allowed at this event.
For a complete list of RAFA performers: http://www.lcnv.org/rafa/bios.cfm
For a complete schedule of events: http://www.lcnv.org/docs/RAFA_Schedule_2012_revised_3_13_12.pdf
Join the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia this Saturday and celebrate literacy.
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road, Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866 x 115
www.lcnv.org
Support Reading: A Family Affair this Saturday!
March 22, 2012 at 1:44 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | Comments Off on Support Reading: A Family Affair this Saturday!Tags: AmeriCorps, americorps partners, Announcements, barbara effron, Basic Adult Literacy, bob brown puppets, celebrate literacy, Children, Class, community, Development, ESOL, family, family event, family fun, Family Learning, Family Learning | Leave a comment Edit this post Tags: announcement, family literacy, family reading, friends, gary lloyd, groovy nate, jacqueline jules, James Lee Community Center, Kalavaridhi, Kalavaridhi Dance School, LCNV, lcnv learners, literacy council, Loudon Literacy, march 24, n Teaching, NOW THIS!, performance art, RAFA, reading a family affair, reading as a family, reading is a family affair, reading is fun, students, teaching, thank you!, tutoring, voices from the glen, Volunteer, volunteers, Writing, zurii conroy
LCNV’s 6th Annual Reading: A Family Affair – to be held this Saturday, March 24 – is a free event dedicated to family literacy and attended by a broad multicultural cross section of the area, including immigrant and at-risk families. As their children’s first teachers, these immigrant and at-risk parents need language and literacy skills that will allow their children to succeed., Research shows that literacy is a family matter; children absorb parents’ values. A parent who models reading habits, or more importantly, reads to their child, ultimately shapes that child’s love of reading. Reading: A Family Affair reaches both parents and children, stressing the importance of family literacy through performance art.
The Literacy Council relies entirely on generous contributions from community partners and people like you to support Reading: A Family Affair, as well as LCNV’s educational programs, which serve more than 1,600 students each year. Please support this event and LCNV’s programs by making a tax-deductible donation today.
Your support allows immigrant and at-risk children to experience the gift of literacy through storytelling, music, puppeteering, and other art forms. Kids will get to meet Clifford the Big Red Dog, sing with Groovy Nate, watch Bob Brown Puppets come alive, and even write their own stories. Plus, each child takes home a FREE book. To see a complete list of the performers LCNV has lined up, please visit: RAFA Performers.
Every cent counts. Your generous gift, whether it is $25, $50, $100 or more, will make a life-changing difference. Please don’t wait – donate today.
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866 x 109
www.lcnv.org
Check out the Performers at Reading: A Family Affair!
March 21, 2012 at 1:39 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | Comments Off on Check out the Performers at Reading: A Family Affair!Tags: AmeriCorps, americorps partners, Announcements, barbara effron, Basic Adult Literacy, bob brown puppets, celebrate literacy, Children, Class, community, Development, ESOL, family, family event, family fun, Family Learning, Family Learning | Leave a comment Edit this post Tags: announcement, family reading, friends, gary lloyd, groovy nate, jacqueline jules, James Lee Community Center, Kalavaridhi, Kalavaridhi Dance School, LCNV, lcnv learners, literacy council, Loudon Literacy, march 24, n Teaching, NOW THIS!, performance art, RAFA, reading a family affair, reading as a family, reading is a family affair, reading is fun, students, teaching, thank you!, tutoring, voices from the glen, Volunteer, volunteers, Writing, zurii conroy
Reading: A Family Affair (RAFA) is this March 24, 2012! The Literacy Council of Northern Virginia will be bringing books to life this Saturday at the James Lee Community Center. RAFA is a free event that celebrates the gift of literacy through storytelling, music, puppeteering, and other art forms. Check out the RAFA Performers below. Once you find a performance you’d like to attend, take a look at RAFA schedule to make sure you don’t miss your performer.
Bob Brown Puppets have been a major children’s theater company for the past fifty years, offering the finest in children’s education and entertainment and performing to over 300,000 children a year. Bob Brown Puppets bring together art, music and story-telling to the delight of children (and grown-ups) everywhere. Bob and Judy Brown have enriched the lives, the imaginations, and the potential creative abilities of children, now performing for the children of those they played to 35 years ago.
Zurii Conroy began her journey into storytelling when she was in the third grade. Realizing that she had a talent that needed to be shared, Zurii began storytelling professionally in the 6th grade under the name “Princess Zurii.” Although Zurii specializes in African-American folktales, she is able to adapt to other genres within the craft. Zurii has performed at various venues such as birthday parties, schools, colleges, hospitals, churches, libraries, community events, plays, and festivals. Also an actress, Zurii has performed on both the stage and television.
Barbara Effron’s energetic storytelling programs combine folk, traditional, and modern tales with songs and audience participation. With her energetic delivery and enthusiasm, Barbara captures the imagination and takes the audience on journeys to far-flung places and fascinating people. Her passion for storytelling is enhanced with music and audience participation. Her engaging and educational programs reflect her background as a teacher and children’s librarian.
Elnathan K. Starnes/ Groovy Nate has been a working musician and song-writer in the DC/MD/VA area for over thirteen years. Elnathan is a featured guitarist on several CDs and has performed with several Washington DC-based groups. In 1997, he founded the award-winning soul band, Oktbrwrld, with whom he made four CD’s. Elnathan wrote the film score and co-wrote the film short The Water Story which appeared on BET. He is now a member of both the National Capital Puppet Guild and Puppeteers of America. Nate is a certified Music Together teacher and is teaching Music Together as well as Groovy Nate Music and Movement classes in the Northern Virginia area. Elnathan and his wife, Kisha Kenyatta, along with their two young children, combine talents to create meaningful and educational performance art and edutainment for children and families. They produced the first Groovy Nate CD, Meet Groovy Nate, in 2009.
Jacqueline Jules is the award-winning author of 23 children’s books, including Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off (2010 CYBILS Literary Award for Short Chapter Book, Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Honor Book, ALSC Great Early Elementary Reads), Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation (2010 Library of Virginia Cardozo Award), Benjamin and the Silver Goblet (2010 Sydney Taylor Honor Award), Duck for Turkey Day (Washington State Children’s Choice Book Awards list, TN Volunteer State Award), and No English (DE Diamonds list, TN Volunteer State Award list). Also a poet, Jacqueline won the Arlington Arts Moving Words Contest, Best Original Poetry Award from the Catholic Press Association, and the SCBWI Magazine Merit Poetry Award. Most of Jacqueline’s books have grown out of her experiences as a teacher and elementary school librarian. Students are her inspiration.
After training with Guru Bhanumati for over a decade, Sheela Ramanath moved to the United States and started her own dance school, Kalavaridhi, in 2001. She builds upon her gurus’ teaching methods, creatively adapting them to each student. Even in grouped settings, she coaches each student individually. Through lecture-demonstrations and illustrated recitals, she strives to mold young artists into versatile dancers. Following the traditional curriculum for Bharatanatyam, Sheela teaches both the theoretical as well as practical aspects at each level. She draws upon real-life comparisons to help communicate depth of feeling. Sheela’s senior students will be performing at RAFA in 2012.
Gary Lloyd is a renowned storyteller, visiting schools, festivals, libraries, and other venues from Vermont to South Carolina, entertaining hundreds of thousands of listeners of all ages. He begins each program celebrating the bond between storytelling and reading – each requires the reader/listener to call on their imagination to recreate the story in their mind’s eye. Known for his enthusiastic delivery, Gary orchestrates a program of story, voices, movement, and participation that is focused on capturing and keeping audience attention.
In 1990, NOW THIS! began delighting audiences of all ages and interests with totally improvised spoofs of every style from opera to folk ballads, Shakespeare to Soaps. Every scene, melody and lyric was created, on the spot, from audience suggestion. In their interactive musical shows for kids, the NOW THIS! professional cast takes the audience’s ideas and instantly turns them into songs, comic sketches and musical fairy tales. Audience members can be part of the show too!
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org
LCNV: Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of Illiteracy
March 20, 2012 at 3:00 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Student Stories, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | Comments Off on LCNV: Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of IlliteracyTags: AmeriCorps, americorps partners, announcement, Announcements, barbara effron, Basic Adult Literacy, bob brown puppets, celebrate literacy, Children, Class, community, Development, ESOL, family, family event, family fun, Family Learning, family reading, friends, gary lloyd, groovy nate, jacqueline jules, James Lee Community Center, Kalavaridhi, Kalavaridhi Dance School, LCNV, lcnv learners, literacy council, Loudon Literacy, march 24, NOW THIS!, performance art, RAFA, reading a family affair, reading as a family, reading is a family affair, reading is fun, student stories, students, teaching, thank you!, tutoring, voices from the glen, Volunteer, volunteers, Writing, zurii conroy
The Literacy Council of Northern Virginia is pleased to be among the eighty reading promotion partners partners in the Center for the Book (http://www.read.gov/cfb/#) at the Library of Congress. Once a year, in March, the partners come together to share ideas and activities for promoting literacy and reading across the country. This year’s meeting was held on March 6, 2012, at the Library of Congress.I learned about programs in the Family Reading Partnership, Book It!, American Library Association, Heart of America Foundation, Lubuto Library project,and many others. I was struck by how many fascinating presentations focused on children. LCNV was the only organization among over 60 programs representing adult education.
Although LCNV’s mission is adult education, the Literacy Council provides a Family Learning Program (FLP) as one of its four core educational programs. FLP provides English literacy instruction for children and their immigrant parents in a supportive classroom environment. While kids participate in literacy-related activities and receive homework help, their parents learn English as it relates to their children’s schools, health, nutrition, and community, empowering parents to be their children’s first teachers. Literacy programs and activities are essential to a child’s development; they need to be creative, engaging, sustainable, and progressive. LCNV also hosts its own Reading: A Family Affair, which will take place this Saturday, March 24th, at the James Lee Community Center.
The Literacy Council works to break the intergenerational cycle of illiteracy. Research shows that literacy is a family matter and children absorb parents’ values. If they grow up in homes where literacy is not practiced, they believe that it is not important. It is the continued education at home and the modeling of parents reading themselves, or more importantly, reading to children that influences a child’s love of reading. Adults who strengthen their skills serve as role models for literacy development in their children’s lives. No quantitative measures can replace the realization of hopes and dreams that LCNV’s learners feel from their academic achievements. In just one semester, Lydia, a mother in FLP, improved from a first-grade English skill level to an eighth-grade level, and achieved the goals she set for herself, which were to increase her involvement in her child’s literacy activities and improve her employability skills. In her own words, Lydia talks about how learning English makes a difference in her life and in her son Jerald’s life:
I have a child. He is four years old. When I came here I didn’t understand English. It’s so difficult for me. I felt frustrated but I have one goal: I need to learn English, improve my English, because I have a child and he needs help with homework. Also, I have a dream. It is to speak and read English perfectly to get a better job and good opportunity in my life. It’s never too late to start. I can do it.
The Literacy Council of Northern Virginia will continue to do its part to strengthen both family literacy and adult education. While our mission is adult education, Reading: A Family Affair is an excellent example of how to showcase literacy activities for children that inspire reading and learning, but are engaging and informative for adults as well. Please plan on joining us for Reading: A Family Affair on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Join lcnv in celebrating family literacy.
Patricia M. Donnelly
Executive Director
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866
www.lcnv.org
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Race for a Cause is this Sunday!
October 12, 2012 at 3:29 PM | Posted in AmeriCorps, Announcements, Class, Development, ESOL, Family Learning, Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers | Comments Off on Race for a Cause is this Sunday!Tags: 1 Mile Fun Run, 8k, acumen solutions, alumni, AmeriCorps, americorps partners, announcement, Announcements, arlington race, Basic Adult Literacy, Biggest Loser, Boy and Girls Club, Children, Class, community, Development, ESOL, Fairfax Education, family event, family fun, Family Learning, Family Learning | Leave a comment Edit this post Tags: give, for love of children, friends, giving, Greenbrier Learning Center, James Lee Community Center, literacy, literacy council, literacy council of northern virginia, local superheroes, north quincy street, October 14th, Our Daily Bread, race for a cause, run for local charities, run or walk, select the non-profit of your choice, Sione Fa, students, The Reading Connection, the women's center, the women's centert, tutoring, united for d.c., Volunteer, volunteers, you get to be a superhero too, young playwright's theatre
Online registration is closed BUT you can still sign up in person at the Potomac River Running store in Arlington; don’t forget to select the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia as your charity. If you go to Potomac River Running today and sign up, you could meet Sione Fa from The Biggest Loser!
Packet pickup and registration times follow:
The race will be just off Quincy Street at the intersection of Quincy and Wilson Blvd; use the Potomac River Running Store (3924 Wilson Blvd) as your “address”. Participants will warm up at approximately 7:40 AM, with guest Sione Fa. The 8k race starts at 8:00 AM. The Fun Run will start at approximately 8:06 AM. There will be a fun post event, which includes good food and a raffle prize give away.
Come support local Superheroes like the Literacy Council – costumes are encouraged! Acumen Solutions will provide capes to all youth registrants!
Hope to see you this Sunday.
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, Va 22042
(703)237-0866
www.LCNV.org