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Gelfer, Jeff; Higgins, Kyle; Perkins, Peggy – Early Child Development and Care, 2001
Describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of Project Literacy Education and Families (LEAF), a family literacy program that provides experiences for parents to develop their skills and confidence that will enable them to see possibilities instead of limitations. Details four Program components: adult literacy, early childhood…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Family Literacy, Family Programs, Literacy Education

Tadros, Lori Connors – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Evaluated an Even Start project in Maryland, using results from the National Evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program for comparison. Found that participants significantly improved in their literacy skills, and that children of parents in the project were much more likely to be exposed to literacy activities such as library visits.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Educational Opportunities, Family Involvement, Family Literacy

Landerholm, Elizabeth; Karr, Jo Ann; Mushi, Selina – Early Child Development and Care, 2000
Describes a federally funded partnership between Northeastern Illinois University and Chicago Public Schools to provide an inner-city family literacy program. Details program components, highlighting use of computers, video technology, and photography as tools to develop literacy and to document progress of parents and children. Notes evaluation…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Technology, Emergent Literacy

Makin, 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