NCFL offers a wide variety of products for educators and advocates that promote family literacy in both fun and informative ways! Click a category below for information about items available for purchase from NCFL.

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BOOKS

The Family Literacy Answer Book

Description: This comprehensive guidebook for teachers and administrators is the definitive reference on family literacy curriculum development.

Product Detail: This comprehensive guidebook for teachers and administrators of family literacy programs is the definitive reference on family literacy curriculum development, the four components of a comprehensive program, component integration, home visits and more. (1997)

Price: $49.00

Outcomes and Measures for Family Literacy Programs

Description: This useful resource for practitioners and administrators contains descriptions of more than 80 measurement tools for use with both adults and children.

Product Detail: New to this expanded edition are summaries of assessments that focus on children grades K-6, reading assessments, and employment and workplace preparation assessments. (2001)

Price: $19.00

- Creating Partnerships for Learning: Family Literacy in Elementary Schools

Connecting Families and Work: Family Literacy Bridges the Gap

Description: This booklet centers on the literacy skills barrier that stands between low-income parents and living-wage jobs.

Product Detail: The publication includes research that supports family literacy's effectiveness in addressing the employment goals of adults and describes specific program practices that hold promise for bridging the gap between adults' skills attainment and employers' needs. (2000)

Price: $5.00

Toyota Family in Schools

Description: An excellent introduction to incorporating family literacy into the elementary school setting.

Product Detail: This booklet describes in detail the first year in this groundbreaking school reform project and includes examples from programs. (1999)

Price: $3.50

Keeping the Circle Strong

Description: This booklet outlines the success of family literacy's longest running program - the Family and Child Education Program.

Product Detail: Funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the FACE program was designed to meet the unique challenges facing American Indian families. The FACE program links culture and education within the context of family and provides promising practices relevant to all family literacy programs. (2002)

Price: $7.00

Stories of Impact: Improving Parent Involvement Through Family Literacy in the Elementary School

Description: The book examines how family literacy impacts children's outcomes by engaging parents in schools while also supporting parents' efforts to improve their own skills.

Product Detail: Also included is a look at the many public policy and funding opportunities that impact program sustainability. But the most important stories of impact are those that come from the students themselves, included throughout the book as a testament to the power of parent involvement. (2004)

Price: $14.00

Pathways: A Primer for Family Literacy Program Design and Development

Description: This practical guide explores the basic steps for starting and maintaining a quality family literacy program.

Product Detail: Now in its third printing, this publication explores the basic steps for starting and maintaining a quality family literacy program, from initial community assessment to strategies for success that include evaluation, recruitment and retention, and raising public awareness. Offers both new and experienced practitioners' insights to program planning based on more than ten years' experience in family literacy implementation and training. (2000)

Price: $21.00

Take Action! A Guide to Advocacy and Raising Awareness for Family Literacy

Description: This how-to guide walks you through steps you can take to actively engage elected officials and other opinion makers in the work you do.

Product Detail: Tips on planning site visits, communicating with legislators, and working with the media make this booklet a hands-on resource. (2002)

Price: $15.00

The Power of Family Literacy

Description: An excellent review of short- and long-term benefits to families who participate in family literacy programs.

Product Detail: This booklet offers an excellent review of short- and long-term benefits to families who participate in family literacy programs, making the case for national and community family literacy efforts. (1996)

Price: $3.50

Work-Focus Strategies for Family Literacy Programs

Description: This comprehensive book traces the history, research and implementation behind educational initiatives to move adults from welfare to work.

Product Detail: This book outlines key strategies for creating a work-focused literacy program, from building a strong infrastructure to planning effective program coordination with an emphasis on community collaboration. For practitioners and administrators alike, the book explores curriculum content adaptations for adult education and other components of family literacy, and offers a wealth of hands-on resources and tools drawn from work-focused programs.

Price: $19.00

VIDEOS

Small Wonders: Early Brain Development Video/DVD

Description: This 12-minute video traces early childhood development in a variety of settings.

Product Detail: Produced by NCFL and funded by the Gerber Companies Foundation, this 12-minute video traces early childhood development in a variety of settings. Great for child care professionals. (1999)

Price: $15.00

Creating Partnerships for Learning: Family Literacy in Elementary Schools Video/DVD

Description: This 12-minute video and accompanying booklet provide an overview of family literacy services implemented in an elementary school setting.

Product Detail: This 12-minute video and the accompanying booklet provide an overview of the four components of comprehensive family literacy services as they are implemented in an elementary school setting, highlighting benefits for children, parents and schools. Hear and see how family literacy is impacting families, teachers, principals and administrators. (2002)

Price: $45.00

KITS

PACT Time in the Elementary School Video/DVD Kit

Description: This video kit provides teachers and/or parents the opportunity to learn about parent involvement in the classroom setting.

Product Detail: This video kit provides teachers and/or parents the opportunity to see Parent and Child Together (PACT) Time for school-age children in action. The kit includes one 12-minute video, one facilitator's guide, 10 participants' manuals, and 20 completion certificates. It is designed to facilitate both an overview training session and a more in-depth training session for those who are interested in implementing interactive literacy activities with parents and children in the elementary school setting. (2001)

Price: $75.00

Recruitment and Retention for Literacy Programs Resource Kit

Description: Tools, resources and guidance that every literacy program needs!

Product Detail: This kit includes a handy guidebook filled with straightforward ideas for engaging students and keeping them motivated. The kit also comes with posters, postcards and bookmarks in English and Spanish that literacy programs can customize to increase visibility among potential students and within the community. Also included is a CD-Rom with useful forms and templates.

Price: $55.00

Parent Time: A Key to Understanding Video/DVD Kit

Description: This 20-minute video is an excellent introduction to the power of parent involvement in children's education.

Product Detail: Strategies for planning and implementing effective Parent Time sessions are reviewed in depth, plus three real-life vignettes provide opportunities for viewers to observe and discuss. There is an accompanying booklet and PowerPoint presentation that includes notes for facilitators to support and enhance Parent Time training. The video (not including the booklet and PowerPoint) is available in Spanish. (2003)

Price: $75.00

Parent Time: A Key to Understanding - Spanish Video

Description: This 20-minute video, in Spanish, is an excellent introduction to the power of parent involvement in children's education.

Product Detail: This 20-minute video, in Spanish, is an excellent introduction to the power of parent involvement in children's education. Please note: only the video is available in Spanish; the supporting booklet and PowerPoint presentation included in this video kit are in English only.

Price: $75.00

Promotional Items

NCFL Family Literacy Pin

Description: Show your support of family literacy with these attractive ceramic lapel pins.
Product Detail: These attractive cloisonne lapel pins make great gifts for teachers, students, board members, or anyone interested in supporting families and literacy.

Price: $3.00

Family Literacy • Family Progress T Shirts

Please specify M , L, XL, or 2XL.

Price: $13.00