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Short and Medium Run Effects of Parents Reading to Pre-School Children in a Disadvantaged Locality.
Toomey, Derek – 1992
A study examined the effectiveness of an emergent literacy program designed to encourage low-income parents to read to their children. Pre-school teachers in four low-income areas in Australia read to children in their class regularly. Three books were sent home with each child twice a week and the parents were asked to read to their children. A…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Family Environment, Foreign Countries, Low Income