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Direct linkBarblett, Lennie; Barratt-Pugh, Caroline; Knaus, Marianne; Cooper, Trudi – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
This paper reports on findings from four case studies, as part of a large-scale study undertaken to evaluate the KindiLink initiative across Western Australia in remote, regional and metropolitan communities. KindiLink is an educator-led playgroup initiative in public school sites in Western Australia targeted at Aboriginal children and their…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Indigenous Populations, Play, Public Schools
Peer reviewedAmm, Rosemary; Juan, Stephen – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1994
Notes arguments supporting the importance of parent education to help parents become better teachers of their young children. Describes two projects of the Parents as Teachers Program (NPAT), one in the state of Missouri; the other, a related pilot project in Australia's New South Wales. Notes the positive evaluation results from Missouri's…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Education, Parents as Teachers
Peer reviewedCairney, Trevor H.; Munsie, Lynne – Reading Teacher, 1995
Describes an Australian program, called Talk to a Literacy Learner, which involves parents more intimately in the literacy development of their children. Focuses on the strategies parents use to interact with their children as they read and write. Discusses program effectiveness. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedMakin, Laurie; Spedding, Susan – Early Child Development and Care, 2001
Describes the Support at Home for Early Language and Literacies (SHELLS) project, an early literacy intervention for families of children between birth and age 3 in rural Australia. Findings from monitoring suggest that this collaborative, flexible model has the potential to assist families from a range of social, cultural, economic, and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Family Literacy, Family Programs
Download full textCairney, Trevor H.; Munsie, Lynne – 1992
This paper describes The Talk to a Literacy Learner (TTALL) program, which was designed to introduce parents to a broad range of literacy practices, and to offer parents an effective way to talk with other parents about specific literacy practices that have helped empower their children to cope more effectively with the demands of schooling. The…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Toomey, Derek – 1991
The influence of informal literacy learning during the preschool years was studied. Preschool teachers in 4 low-income areas read to their classes regularly in an effort to make students enthusiastic about reading. Teachers were also asked to visit families in particular need of help. Three books were sent home with each child twice a week, and…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedThrossell, Kaye; Campbell, Rod – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1993
Describes a project undertaken by the Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia) to develop a booklet on the importance of reading to young children and distribute it to all mothers in maternity hospitals in Queensland. Discusses the conceptualization of the booklet, fund-raising tasks, and distribution. Reports on further…
Descriptors: Community Education, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries, Fund Raising
