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Improving Pre-Kindergarten Children's Attitude and Interest in Reading through a Parent Workshop on the Use of Dialogic Reading Techniques
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LaCour, Misty M.; McDonald, Connie; Tissington, Laura D.; Thomason, Gina – Reading Improvement, 2013
This study sought to determine if, by providing parents with a workshop on the use of dialogic reading techniques during the storybook reading event in the home, Pre-Kindergarten children's attitude and interest in reading would improve. Parents completed a survey prior to the workshop and two months following completion of the workshop. Through…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Reading Improvement, Reading Attitudes
Reading Theatre, Parents as Actors: Movie Production in a Family Literacy Workshop
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Huang, Grace; Dolejs, Barbara – Reading Improvement, 2007
The goal of the family literacy workshop "Reading Theatre, Parents as Actors: Movie production in a Family Literacy Workshop" is to empower and motivate parents to learn various storytelling strategies through theatrical production experiences and apply them at home. This is a theory-based family literacy practice supported by McClelland's…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Reading Strategies, Workshops, Family Literacy
The Effects of a Training Program for Parents of Preschoolers on the Children's School Readiness.
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Burgess, Joanne C. – Reading Improvement, 1982
Indicates that a program for parents of preschool children that emphasized the teaching of language and cognitive skills to children was successful in improving the school readiness scores of those children. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Skills, Parent Role, Parent Workshops