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Family Literacy Programmes and Young Children's Language and Literacy Development: Paying Attention to Families' Home Language
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Anderson, Jim; Anderson, Ann; Sadiq, Assadullah – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
In this article, we review the literature on the impact of family literacy programmes on young children's language and literacy learning. After defining family literacy, we present a brief historical overview of family literacy programmes, including persistent questions regarding their effectiveness with respect to young children's language and…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Young Children, Language Usage, Family Environment
Parents and Children Engaging in Storybook Reading
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Saracho, Olivia N.; Spodek, Bernard – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
Family literacy studies have shown that the role of parental storybook reading has an impact on children's success in school-based literacy instruction. Storybook reading is when adults read an appropriate text to their children. This review describes studies in which parents and children engage in storybook reading. It specifically reports…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Family Literacy, Emergent Literacy
Why Fathers Are Not Attracted to Family Learning Groups?
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Macleod, Flora – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
Accounts of fathers' reluctance to engage with locally based family learning groups rarely acknowledge the relationship between learning and identity. This tends not to be the case in parallel accounts of women's reluctance to become involved in groups or networks where the mainstream clientele is male. Drawing on the case study of a national…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Fathers, Family Programs, Parent Attitudes
Fathers' and Young Children's Literacy Experiences
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Saracho, Olivia N. – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
A family literacy program was examined to document the literacy experiences of 25 fathers and their five-year-old children. Using a case study methodology, this study examined the effects of a literacy intervention program that was designed to assist fathers to promote their children's acquisition of literacy. The results indicated that the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Family Literacy, Emergent Literacy, Fathers
Literacy Education and Families: A Program and Its Progress.
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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
Parents Go Back to School to Help Their Children.
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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