Parents learn alongside kids in literacy program

José Perez is a fidgety 5-year-old—as if there’s any other kind. Since he’s more fidgety than most, his teacher changes activities often to accommodate his attention span and keep him focused on the business of kindergarten—phonics, reading, writing. Yesterday, his mother, Sylvia, was at his left elbow for 40 minutes, coaching him to put space between words, erasing mistakes, helping him with vocabulary in Escápate, the Spanish-language book the class is reading. José hasn’t learned to speak English yet. Harborside Elementary School in Chula Vista, California, lured his mother onto campus by enrolling her as a student at the kindergarten through sixth-grade school. Read more about this family literacy program in this article from The San Diego Union-Tribune.