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The Need for Books
Walt Disney, is quoted as saying, “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” Few would disagree. Books hold the treasure of endless hours of adventure and entertainment. Pick the right book and escape to a foreign land, fall in love, engage in
Voices of Literacy Connects, May / June 2018
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Field Trip On May 10, the Literacy Connects Writing Workshop took a field trip to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson. We took a van and a private vehicle from Literacy Connects through the hills of Gates Pass to the museum. Students gazed at the
Recipes from Our Countries
April 2018 Our Writing Workshop class cookbook started as an assignment. Everyone’s ideas went into the cookbook. We students are from many different places in the world; different countries, different islands, different backgrounds. We wrote recipes from our countries. Some are everyday dishes; some are holiday dishes. Some comfort us
Voices of Literacy Connects, March 2018
In January and February of 2018, members of the Writing Workshop conducted a series of interviews with members of the Literacy Connects staff. These are the group-written stories from those interviews. In the Reading and Understanding class, many of these students drew sketches and wrote short texts based on a
Voices of Literacy Connects, December 2017
Exploring the Fantastic, Interesting, Wonderful, Beautiful, Huge Universe Where We Live Writing Workshop Students have been looking at, and writing about, their world, and the universe around them. Student Omar Cunningham explains: I wonder if there is another place that is nice in the World like Earth. I would like
Literacy Connects Celebrates Seven Years
In July 2011 five longstanding nonprofit organizations, Literacy Volunteers of Tucson, Reading Seed, Reach Out and Read Southern Arizona, Literacy for Life Coalition and Stories That Soar! merged to become Literacy Connects. Combined, the organizations had over 100 years of experience and created the largest nonprofit literacy provider in Arizona.
Literacy Garden Grows a Strong Community Partnership
Late on a recent Monday afternoon, the vacant lot to the east of the Literacy Connects headquarters on East Yavapai Road in Tucson was buzzing with activity. Two women, dressed in brightly printed dresses, were tilling the newly created rows of fertile soil. A teenaged boy and girl were helping,
Love of Reading Book Drive!
February is Love of Reading Month! In celebration of Love of Reading Month, two of our community partners are holding children’s book drives! Mostly Books and Studio 37 Nail Lounge are collecting new and gently-used children’s books during the month of February. “We’re very excited to do a book drive
Quilting for Literacy
Our friends at the Tucson Quilters Guild have chosen Literacy Connects as the beneficiary of their Small Quilt Auction at this year’s Quilt Fiesta! The The Quilt Fiesta will take place at the Tucson Convention Center from February 16- 18th and is open 9-5 Friday and Saturday and 10-4 on Sunday.
Training Opportunity for Volunteer Tutors of Refugees
Literacy Connects’ English Language Acquisition for Adults (ELAA) program and Pima Community College’s Refugee Education Program (REP) are offering a training session focused on practical techniques to help students develop their English language speaking and listening skills, as well as emerging reading and writing skills. This hands-on training is intended
65 Diverse & Wonderfully Creative Books for the Whole Family
Do you want to offer diverse and wonderfully creative books to your loved ones this holiday season? Have you ever heard of the gift giving strategy of “Something they want, something they need, something to wear, and something to read”? Look no furhter! Literacy Connects has put together this book
Training for Volunteer Tutors of Refugees
In collaboration with Pima Community College’s Refugee Education Program, and the University of Arizona’s Second Language Acquisition and Teaching program, Literacy Connects is offering training sessions for volunteers who teach or tutor English with low-literacy adults from refugee backgrounds. The training offers teaching strategies that help students develop receptive and
