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Literacy in the Twenty-First Century: Children, Families and Policy
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Saracho, Olivia N. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Family literacy refers to parents and their children using literacy together at home. They participate in literacy experiences in a natural way during their daily routines. Studies on family literacy show its impact on the children's literacy development. For more than five decades, family literacy studies have demonstrated the importance of the…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Young Children, Federal Government, Government Role
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
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