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It’s All in the Family: Planning High-Quality Family Literacy Events—

The Summer 2003 issue of The Tutor offers a brief look at family literacy research; portraits of five national service projects engaged in family literacy; ideas for family literacy events; an event planning checklist; and print and Web resources to fuel a wide range of family literacy efforts. The publication explores what family literacy is and the impact it has on student achievement.
www.nwrel.org/learns/tutor/sum2003/sum2003.html

Nutrition for Young Children—

With increasing media attention on the growing problem of obesity in American children, this Early Childhood e-newsletter is particularly timely. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the percentage of obese children rose from 11 percent to 15 percent from 1994 to 2000. While activity level and genetics play a role in obesity, good nutrition from a young age helps people maintain their weight and health throughout their lives. This e-newsletter includes links to reports, data, and tools; meta-sites with links to articles on various nutrition-related topics; recipes; and the staff’s favorite "Web site of the month."
www.nwrel.org/cfc/newsletters/vol3_is4.asp