Achieving Literacy Across the Lifespan

Adult Learner Resources

This section of the Thinkfinity Literacy Network has resources to help you improve your learning. You can use the activities and other information on this page anytime or as part of your class work.

Interactive Learning Activities

Recognizing the Main Idea - Good readers think about what they read as they read, and look for the writer's main idea. This activity will help you learn to look for main ideas as you read. Download

Recognizing Supporting Details- Good readers think focus on details that support a writer's main idea. This activity will help you recognize details that support the main idea of a paragraph. Download

Word Sort - a Flash vocabulary-building exercise for adult literacy learners with beginning to intermediate reading skills. Drag and drop the words into the correct categories. Download

Word Cards - a Flash activity to help build vocabulary. Select words and match to definitions then type the words in a sentence. The word cards can be printed for your use. Download

Helping Your Child Do Well In School

26 Tips for Working With Your Child's Teacher - Here are some tips, listed A to Z, that will help you be a partner in your child's education. Download Audio Recording

Sending Notes and Letters to Your Child's Teacher - Notes and letters are good ways to share information and ideas with your child's teacher. This worksheet will help you write two kinds of notes: a note to explain your child's absence from school, and a note that follows up on a phone call from the teacher. Download Audio Recording

Activities You Can Do With Children

Guess What I See? - This activity teaches children to observe, ask questions, and come up with answers. Download

Identify Colors - This activityhelps children observe things around them and identify colors. Download

Label Your House - Put word labels on items in your house to help your child learn to recognize and spell words they use. Download

Matching Socks - Turn sorting clean clothes into a game by matching socks. Download

Learning About Letters - Names and Sounds - Review letters and the sounds they make by finding letters on things you see every day. Download

Magic Letter Box - Put a small amount of sand or flour in a box and let your child make letters with their finger. Download

Match Cards - Match pairs of numbers using a deck of playing cards. Download

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