February is National Heart Month! The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) started the #OurHearts movement in order to build a community around the practices that lead to a healthy heart. To celebrate, FLC has created the Teaching Heart Read more…
November is National Diabetes Month! FLC’s Diabetes Education Toolkit provides easy-to-use resources to incorporate diabetes education into the classroom. Educators can choose from various math and vocabulary activities, reading texts, and videos. This year’s theme, “Take Diabetes to Heart: Linking Read more…
As adult literacy and ESOL educators, we understand the importance of helping our students gain valuable knowledge and skills relevant to their everyday lives. One technique used by educators to improve knowledge and skills is the incorporation of contextualized instruction Read more…
When literacy is taught to adults, there is just as much focus on the reading as the writing aspect. Writing has been taught in two mediums in the past, the ability to write print as well as cursive. There is Read more…
Sometimes the sight of books can immediately deter adult learners away from learning. However, using other forms of media to supplement the dreaded pile of books can put a learner at ease and clarify difficult to understand concepts which he Read more…
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