Here are some recommended handouts that come from sources other than the Humanities Center:

•  Positive Father Involvement – from the Minnesota Fathers & Families Network: http://www.mnfathers.org/documents/InfoSheetBenefits.pdf

• Do Dads Really Make A Difference – from the Questions About Kids project at the University of Minnesota – available in English, Spanish & Hmong – here’s the link for English: http://education.umn.edu/ceed/publications/questionsaboutkids/dadenglish.pdf - and in Spanish: http://education.umn.edu/ceed/publications/questionsaboutkids/dadspanish.pdf. The Questions About Kids project also has other materials that you might find interesting – so try this link: http://cehd.umn.edu/ceed/publications/questionsaboutkids/ 

• Dad’s Playbook – an 8 page booklet available for free from the National Institute for Literacy. To order up to 100 free copies, please call 1-800-228-8813, or visit their web site at www.nifl.gov (as they also have some other interesting materials that are available at no charge.) The following is a link to a PDF of the 8 page booklet: http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/pdf/Dads_Playbook.pdf#xml=http://search.nifl.gov/texis/search/pdfhi.txt?query=playbook&pr=nifl.gov&prox=page&rorder=500&rprox=500&rdfreq=500&rwfreq=500&rlead=500&rdepth=0&sufs=0&order=r&cq=&id=45dba7b80