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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

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

Saracho, Olivia N. – Early Child Development and Care, 2001
This exploratory study examined effects of literacy- enriched play centers and the emergent literacy of 5-year-old kindergartners. Qualitative analysis indicated that a language or literacy component can be integrated into kindergartners' play activities. Play activities promoted the invented symbols and messages in children's writing. Teachers…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten Children, Learning Activities

Dever, Martha T.; Burts, Diane C. – Early Child Development and Care, 2002
The Family Literacy Bags (FLB) project is a parent involvement and education innovation designed to engage children and their families in reading books in Spanish or English at home. Findings from inquiry at four primarily rural, middle-class school districts suggest that the FLB project encouraged home book reading. Parents learned effective ways…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Family Literacy, Instructional Materials, Kindergarten

Williams, Mary – Early Child Development and Care, 2001
British trainee teachers identified, from their perspective, the strengths and weaknesses of the National Literacy Strategy, and indicated their concerns for the teaching of literacy in the future. While the teachers generally supported the aims and objectives of the program, they identified areas of concern, including pace of instruction,…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Literacy

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