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Peer reviewedSmith, Carl B. – Reading Teacher, 1990
Discusses how teachers can involve parents in reading development by convincing them that they are at the center of their children's educational world. (MG)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Parent Influence
Peer reviewedMavrogenes, Nancy – Young Children, 1990
Proposes that teachers and principals play key roles in helping parents learn to foster their children's literacy. Provides suggestions that teachers and principals can use to help parents help their children at home. (BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Kindergarten Children, Literacy, Low Income Groups
Peer reviewedTrelease, Jim – Reading Teacher, 1989
Stresses the importance of reading aloud to children. Notes several keys to the success of reading aloud. Shares success stories from several reading aloud programs. Answers potential objections, from skeptical parents, to reading aloud. (MG)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement
Peer reviewedAtwell, Nancie – New Advocate, 1989
A former eighth grade reading and writing teacher considers how her experience in a classroom workshop for readers and writers has affected her behavior with her young daughter. Emphasizes providing children with adequate time to read, choice of what to read, and opportunities to respond. (RAE)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Early Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 8
Peer reviewedTrelease, Jim – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1993
Suggests practices to use and to avoid using when reading books to or with young and elementary school children. Also suggests how television viewing has supplanted reading among children and their families, and how parents and teachers can control children's television viewing and use television to its best advantage. (BB)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education, Mass Media Effects, Parent Materials
Paglin, Catherine – Northwest Education, 1998
Early literacy involves daily reading aloud as well as writing or dictating activities. Preschoolers learn that reading is enjoyable, pictures provide story clues, and print goes from left to right and represents words and meaning. Listening, watching, and asking questions increase vocabulary and comprehension. Sidebars include tips, a book list,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
Peer reviewedFischer, Cynthia – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2000
Describes an affordable and effective program to improve the reading and literacy skills of struggling high school readers. Describes and discusses components of the program including tailor-made assignments for each student, the use of community volunteer and peer tutors, and regular opportunities for the students to read to elementary school…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, High Risk Students, High School Students, High Schools
Peer reviewedMee, Cheah Yin; Gan, Linda – Early Child Development and Care, 1998
Conducted a pilot questionnaire study on Singaporean family reading practices. Found that in the majority of homes, the mother initiated reading of mostly fictional material borrowed from public libraries. Reading aloud to children occurred in about one-third of homes, with direct reading instruction occurring in over two-thirds of families. Found…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education, Family Environment
Direct linkYopp, Ruth Helen; Yopp, Hallie Kay – Journal of Literacy Research, 2006
The role of informational text in primary-grade classrooms has been the subject of much discussion in recent years, and there is converging evidence that young school children have few opportunities to engage with this genre. The studies described here expand the research base to include preschool (Study 1) and home (Study 2) exposures to…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
Daly, Theresa Constans – Zero to Three, 2005
Early literacy experiences play an important role in later literacy skills and school achievement. Communities offer early literacy experiences in a variety of venues to meet the diverse needs of families. The author of this article provides four vignettes illustrating community-based early literacy activities: (1) private group classes such as…
Descriptors: Primary Health Care, Family Literacy, Emergent Literacy, Enrichment Activities
Hansen, Cory Cooper – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2004
This study documented how young children talked about story in a supportive environment. Participants were 22 kindergartners and their teacher, who engaged in extended talk about story after listening to a picture book or chapter from a novel. Data collected included transcripts of videotaped conversations during large- and small-group discussions…
Descriptors: Literacy, Literacy Education, Kindergarten, Young Children
Download full textCook, Traci; Blachman, Dara; Dye, Jane; Macartney, Suzanne; Lukacs, Susan; Howie, LaJeana; Kena, Grace; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Truman, Jennifer; Cotto, Jessica; Jekielek, Susan; Mueggenborg, Mary; Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Denton, Stephanie; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Knighton, Cindi; Han, Beth; O'Connell, Kellie; Guenther, Patricia; Hiza, Hazel; Kuczynski, Kevin; Koegel, Kristin; Radel, Laura – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2011
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011" is a compendium of indicators depicting both the promises and the challenges confronting our Nation's young people. The report, the 15th in an ongoing series, presents 41 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. These indicators are drawn from the most…
Descriptors: Adoption, Social Indicators, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Instructional Resources Branch. – 1996
This bibliography is a listing of resources which provide information about the involvement of parents and guardians in the process of the education of their children. The items listed are housed in the Library, Instructional Resources Unit, Manitoba Education and Training section of the provincial government. The bibliography is divided into two…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Rearing, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries
Peterson, Mary E. H. – 1997
Many studies have found that literacy exists in low-SES (low socioeconomic status) children's daily lives--it is the meaning, frequency of use, depth, and general use of literacy at home that affect the children's progress in school. Research studies clearly show differences in home literacy development of low-SES and higher income children that…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Family Environment, Literacy
Knowles, Elizabeth; Smith, Martha – 1997
Librarians and teachers can tap a powerful source for motivating children to read by involving parents and creating a partnership between home and school. This guide shows educators how to encourage literacy and reading by establishing a book club for parents, teachers, librarians, and students. Chapter 1 discusses directions for starting a book…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
