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Dupart, Annie – Reading Teacher, 1985
Offers suggestions for use by parents and teachers to encourage children to read for pleasure. (FL)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Elementary Education, Parent Role, Reading Attitudes
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Grimmett, Sadie A.; McCoy, Mae – Reading Teacher, 1980
Reports that techniques that enhanced the quality and quantity of parents' communication with the school were found to improve children's short-term reading performance. (Author/FL)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Parent Role, Parent School Relationship, Primary Education
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Gitelman, Honre F.; Rasberry, Gayle Burgess – Reading Teacher, 1986
Describes a contest in which students competed for book prizes. (FL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Motivation Techniques, Parent Role
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Rasinski, Timothy V.; Fredericks, Anthony D. – Reading Teacher, 1991
Describes a reading program being used in Akron Public Schools in which students in Chapter 1 classes and their parents participate in paired reading on a daily basis to improve their child's reading ability and confidence. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Parent Participation, Parent Role, Parent School Relationship
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Topping, Keith – Reading Teacher, 1987
Describes a British technique called paired reading that shows parents how to tutor their children in reading. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Parent Participation, Parent Role, Parent Teacher Cooperation
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Lautenschlager, John; Hertz, Karl V. – Reading Teacher, 1984
Outlines a program that helped parents to become active partners in their children's reading development. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Parent Role, Program Content, Program Development
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Unwin, Cynthia G. – Reading Teacher, 1995
Describes a home-based family literacy intervention with a mother and her four children. Highlights the importance of motivation and family involvement in developing literacy skills.(SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family School Relationship, Home Programs, Learning Motivation
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Raim, Joan – Reading Teacher, 1980
Reports on a reading program that showed parents of underachieving inner-city primary school children how to help their children improve their reading performance. Concludes that the parents not only helped their children but also improved their own reading ability. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Disadvantaged Youth, Inner City, Parent Participation