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Making Connections.
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Hill, Mary W. – Language Arts, 1982
Recounts an incident illustrating a child's development of communication skills and offers suggestions for parents to help facilitate that development. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Skills, Language Acquisition, Parent Role
Research Views: Preschool Literacy Learning.
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Guthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Discusses the importance of preschool literacy training. (FL)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Parent Role, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Helping Children Take Early Steps toward Reading and Writing.
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Wiseman, Donna L. – Reading Teacher, 1984
Argues that by encouraging children in their early writing efforts, adults can help them develop into confident and comfortable writers. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Early Reading, Integrated Activities
"If You Don't Know How to Write, You Try": Techniques that Work in First Grade."
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Friedman, Sheila – Reading Teacher, 1985
Reviews a project in which first-grade children learned to write and became confident, fluent, and enthusiastic writers. Contains examples of their writing. (FL)
Descriptors: Grade 1, Parent Role, Primary Education, Student Improvement
Babies, Books, and the Boob Tube: Preparing Preschoolers To Be School and Reading Ready and Willing.
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Miles, Betty – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1995
Discusses the importance of parents' helping children to read from birth and notes the most crucial and enjoyable way is reading aloud to children. Presents six basic skills that parents can help new readers to use: getting help from pictures; remembering; sounding out the letters; expecting what comes next; writing; and making sense of content.…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Content Analysis, Individual Needs, Memory