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Download full textKumar, Tracey – School Community Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine how a family literacy text linked to a large-scale, U.S.-based family literacy program either privileged or disprivileged dominant, Eurocentric literacy practices. More specifically, this study investigated the ways in which the family literacy text: (1) conceptualized literacy; and (2) constructed the role…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Social Influences, Mothers, Parent Role
Direct linkBrown, P. Margaret; Byrnes, Linda J.; Raban, Bridie; Watson, Linda – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2012
This study investigated the home literacy environments (HLEs) of 4-year-old children attending an early childhood program prior to school entry and the association between the HLE and children's interests in and attitudes to literacy. One hundred and thirty-eight parents and 140 children participated in the study. Parents completed a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Childhood Interests, Reading Habits
Peer reviewedRasinski, Timothy V.; Fredericks, Anthony D. – Reading Teacher, 1988
Noting the time parents can spend with their children in literacy activities is often limited, identifies and describes eight principles upon which the success of parent-child literacy efforts appear to hinge, such as (1) regular daily time, (2) purpose and motivation, and (3) real literacy activity. (NH)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Family Literacy, Parent Participation, Parent Student Relationship
Fromboluti, Carol Sue, Ed. – Early Childhood Update, 1998
This document consists of the four issues of a newsletter published during 1996-1998. This newsletter provides a periodic update on the activities of the Early Childhood Research Working Group (ECRWG), organized in 1995 by the U.S. Department of Education and other federal government departments and agencies to promote interagency cooperation and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
Peer reviewedSaracho, Olivia N. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1999
Using interviews and videotaped observations, this study examined family contributions to their 5-year-olds' literacy development in a 5-month family literacy program developed by their children's teachers. Results suggested that children's literacy can be developed through everyday family experiences and that the richest resource for literacy…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Family Environment, Family Literacy
New Educational Projects, Inc., Lancaster, PA. – 1992
This set of instructional materials consists of a 12-page leader's guide and 75 activity sheets to be used in adult literacy programs by parents who want to help their children learn. The leader's guide explains the purpose of the materials and offers suggestions for use of the materials one on one, in a class group, and outside the class or…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education, Family Literacy
Elliott, Alison, Ed. – Early Childhood Australia, 2005
"Every Child" is Australia's premier early childhood publication, aimed at anyone involved in the care and education of children from birth to eight years--in particular parents of young children, child care professionals and teachers. Published quarterly, it contains informative and entertaining articles on such issues as early…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Popular Culture
Hannon, Peter – 1995
This book discusses what can be done to extend literacy and raise literacy standards for all sections of the population, the relationship between home learning and school learning, and the role of parents in their children's education, focusing on the situation in England. It is designed to assist teachers who work cooperatively with parents in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Family Literacy, Family School Relationship
Anderson, Beckie – Colorado Department of Education, 2006
The purpose of Even Start, as outlined in federal legislation, is to help break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and low literacy by providing a unified family literacy program for low-income families. Even Start has three related goals: (1) to help parents improve their literacy or basic education skills; (2) to help parents become full…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Literacy Education, Federal Legislation
Brooks, Greg; Gorman, Tom; Harman, John; Hutchison, Dougal; Kinder, Kay; Moor, Helen; Wilkin, Anne – 1997
The benefits of family literacy programs for children were examined in a 1997 follow-up study in which 154 parents and 237 children who had participated in a family literacy demonstration program in 1994-1995 were interviewed along with the teachers of a subsample of the children and the demonstration program coordinators. The demonstration…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education
Morrow, Lesley Mandel – 1997
Children develop language-related abilities simultaneously from infancy onward, and the conditions that promote first language learning are the same conditions that promote total literacy development: a social context involving immersion, approximation, opportunity to practice, feedback, and modeling. Intended for teachers, reading specialists,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Cultural Awareness, Early Childhood Education
EFF Voice, 2002
This newsletter reports on the activities of Equipped for the Future (EFF), which is a National Institute for Literacy initiative. EFF helps Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients build the skills needed to balance work and home and make a successful transition to work. The article "EFF Frames Family Literacy Programs"…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, American Indians
