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Download full textHome School Court Report, 1990
This synopsis provides highlights of a national home schooling survey of 1,516 families in the United States. The study explored five fundamental questions: (1) What are home education families' demographic and educational characteristics? (2) To what extent have home-schooling families been engaged in legal matters regarding their involvement in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Educational Experience, Elementary Secondary Education
Rees, Roger J.; Pryor, Jan, Ed. – Australian Early Childhood Resource Booklets, 1980
Intended for parents, the booklet focuses on the speech and language development of children with language delays. The following topics are among those considered: the parent's role in the initial diagnosis of deafness, intellectual handicap, and neurological difficulties; diagnoses and single causes of difficultiy with speech; what to say to…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Clinical Diagnosis, Deafness, Language Acquisition
Carlin, Chip, Ed. – Literacy Practitioner, 1995
This theme issue discusses family literacy in six articles, covering: (1) visions of family literacy from research and practice; (2) a family-to-family tutoring model (Susan Weinbeck); (3) a strengths learning model (Meta W. Potts); (4) the LVA/GTE (Literary Volunteers of America/General Telephone and Electronics Corporation) family literacy…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Development, Family Involvement, Family Literacy
Beirne, Jo-Anne, Ed. – Australian Homeschool Journal, 1991
This document consists of 10 issues of "Australian Homeschool Journal" extrinsic across about a year and a half. This bimonthly serial offers a variety of news, information, and advice for parents who are providing schooling for their children at home. Issues usually contain: (1) articles or reprints of articles from other sources; (2)…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Home Programs
Smith, Ian – 1982
This discussion (1) briefly describes several projects that have successfully trained parents to be informal teachers of their children and (2) lists guidelines for effective parenting. Initially, a discussion of parent/child interaction reports evidence of the teaching role of parents. Findings of recent research are also reported regarding the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Fathers, Foreign Countries, Informal Education
Fromboluti, Carol Sue, Ed. – Early Childhood Update, 1998
This document consists of the four issues of a newsletter published during 1996-1998. This newsletter provides a periodic update on the activities of the Early Childhood Research Working Group (ECRWG), organized in 1995 by the U.S. Department of Education and other federal government departments and agencies to promote interagency cooperation and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
Sheffer, Susannah, Ed. – Growing Without Schooling, 1996
These five issues provide news and support to parents who home school their children. Each issue contains news items and a substantial resource section which provides book evaluations, directory additions, resource lists, resource persons in the fields of law, psychology, and school districts, pen-pals, and advertisements. The February/March 1996…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Methods, Home Schooling, Learning Strategies
Penn, Patricia, Ed.; McClure, Carla, Ed. – Family Connections K-1, 2002., 2002
This document is comprised of the 30 issues of volume 2 of learning guides for parents providing suggestions regarding activities to assist their kindergarten and first grade children be successful in school. Each learning guide is organized similarly and contains: (1) a message to parents regarding their role in helping their children succeed;…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Family School Relationship, Grade 1
IDRA Newsletter, 1994
This newsletter contains seven articles about meaningful participation by parents, particularly Hispanic and other minority parents, in the education of their children. "Parents Reclaiming Their Schools: New Initiative Brings Parents Together for Better Schools" (Aurelio M. Montemayor) describes objectives and activities of a Texas-based…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic Americans, Mexican American Education
Crombez, Mary Margaret, Ed.; Mangigian, Lisa, Ed. – Offspring, 1999
This document consists of the two 1999 issues of a magazine for parents, teachers, and others involved in cooperative nursery schools. The magazine is designed to provide a forum for views on dealing with young children, express a variety of ideas, promote the cooperative philosophy, and enhance the relationships of those involved in cooperative…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Conflict Resolution, Moral Development, Parent Child Relationship
Shermis, Michael, Ed. – Parents and Children Together, 1993
This series of booklets, each one focusing on a different topic, is intended for parents and children to read together as they listen to the companion audiotape that accompanies each booklet. Each booklet answers practical questions from parents, describes activities that can be undertaken at home, notes some books for parents and children, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Literacy, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence
Hollifield, John H., Ed. – Research and Development, 1993
A child's success in school is often determined by the level of involvement of the family in his or her education. This newsletter presents articles on helping parents collaborate in the schooling process. The title article describes the "universal controlled" public school choice allowed in several Massachusetts school districts, and a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Programs, Low Income Groups, Minority Groups
Saint-Laurent, Lise; And Others – Etudes et recherches, 1994
This booklet presents a reading and writing intervention program for French Canadian preschool children with developmental delays, to be implemented by parents or collaboratively by parents and teachers. The program calls for children to have frequent contacts with written language, in order to facilitate the development of a positive attitude…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Developmental Delays, Early Intervention, Educational Strategies
Shermis, Michael, Ed. – 1992
This series of booklets is intended for parents and children to share, reading the booklets together as they listen to the companion tape for each booklet. Each booklet (focusing on a particular topic) answers practical questions from parents, describes activities that can be used at home, notes some books for parents and children, and contains…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Literacy, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence
Shermis, Michael, Ed. – 1991
This series of booklets is intended for parents and children to share, reading the booklets together as they listen to the companion tape for each booklet. Each booklet (focusing on a particular topic) answers practical questions from parents, describes activities that can be used at home, notes some books for parents and children, and contains…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Literacy, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence
