Each One Teach One: Reading Tutor Kits are Now Available
"Each one teach one". This proverb and maxim has been part of the philosophy of literacy advocates for decades. It encourages those who have the gift of literacy to pass it on to someone else.
Contents of the tutor kit
The Library recently added two Reading Tutor Kits to our Adult Learner collection. These kits are meant to help those who have taken on the task of helping someone improve his or her literacy skills. They contain books, worksheets, manipulatives, games, reading aids, and other items that tutors could use with their students. We hope that this will give tutors a chance to try out some of the different resources available to them and learn some tips and techniques that will be helpful. We hope to add additional tutor kits for ESL (English as a Second Language) and math within the next couple of years.
These kits will check out for 6 weeks and patrons will find them in the Adult Learner neighborhood (if they are checked in) or request them in the Library's catalog.
Here are the contents of the Reading Tutor Kit:
Books
- Tutor 8 by Ruth Colvin.
- Teaching Adults: A Literacy Resource Book
Step-by-step instructions for literacy activities. This go-to guide for adult literacy tutors includes essential background on characteristics of adult learners. Plus—80 easy-to-use, hands-on activities. 
You Can Teach Someone to Read by Lorraine PeoplesA how-to book for friends, parents, and teachers. Step-by-step detailed directions to provide any reader the necessary tools to easily teach someone to read.- LitstartHelps instructors support individual learning styles. Packed with practical and useful tutoring tips. Provides a framework, guidance, and strategies to teach lessons that focus on students' personal goals and learning styles.
- Oxford Basic Dictionary of Learners of English
Oxford's new American Dictionaries for learners of English offer students a dictionary that is just right for their level. Written specifically for students working to improve their English language skills, these dictionaries support English learners, struggling readers, and special education students with Basic to Advanced levels. - Reading Tutor Kit Binder
The binder includes worksheets, articles, and flyers. The topics covered include: Techniques & Strategies, Worksheets, Reading Activities, TSCPL Info and Community Resources
Reading Aids
- See-N-Read
See-N-Read's clear reading window is surrounded by a non-glare tinted tranparent finish that allows readers to see text in "chunks" instead of individual words.
- Tinted Plastic Reading Overlays
Some reading experts have found that with some students placing a colored overlay over the text helps their reading comprehension and speed.
- Bar Magnifier
Lays over text to magnify it and it also has a line to help the reader keep their place.
Activities and Manipulatives
- KaBam! Card Game
The fastest word-builders win this quick thinking, head-to-head word game.
- Magnetic Sight Words
Includes over 240 sight words and punctuation marks allowing students to create hundreds of sentences and stories.
- Magnetic Lapboard
This 9" x 12" board is magnetic and also has a write & wipe surface to use with the included dry erase markers
These two kits join the many other valuable resources that are available in our Adult Learner collection. These include workbooks and teacher's guides from the Laubach Way to Reading curriculum, Playaway Bookpaks that combine an audio recording of a book with the print version, and many more books and DVD's for adult learners and tutors.
The library's website also offers access to Learning Express, which is a powerful tool that students can use at a computer. It offers free courses, video tutorials, and e-books for students in everything from preparing for the GED, reading, writing, math, to preparing for occupational tests for the military, health care field, teaching field, and so many more.
With all of these resources the library hopes that anyone who is tutoring or learning will find the help and support they need.
