Creating a Literate Nation by Leveraging the Power of the Family

Literacy Voices Roundup - February 12

Let the Games Begin

Visit Thinkfinity for lesson plans and activities that bring the Winter Olympics into your classroom or program.

 

Program Uses Video to Teach Math, Science

“Working with his friend, graphic designer Josh Salcman, [Leo] Shmuylovich created Virtual Nerd. The tutoring subscription service, found at virtualnerd.com, uses hundreds of online videos similar to YouTube to guide students visually through math and physics concepts, such as expressions, polynomials and factoring a trinomial.” From Education Week.

 

Cast your votes for family literacy: the Pepsi Refresh Everything Project

Help NCFL by voting daily in the Pepsi Refresh Everything Project. Your participation could help us win one of two $250,000 grants. With the funds we will deliver family literacy kits to approximately 200 cities in the U.S. in a biodiesel bus. Working with Better World Books, our fresh idea will bring family literacy to communities nationwide.