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Your Child's Time Out of School: Make It Count.
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Bergstrom, Joan M. – PTA Today, 1987
Parents have a profound effect on how children's time is spent. How out-of-school time is used, managed, and valued is critical. How many activities are too many, and how to determine your child's interests are discussed. (MT)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Children, Elementary Education, Individual Activities
Commentary: Encouraging the Transition to Pleasure Reading among Children 10-12 years.
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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
Reading to Children: Their Preferences.
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Mendoza, Alicia – Reading Teacher, 1985
Reports findings of a survey of elementary school children concerning their preferences when being read to by others. Gives their responses to the survey's 11 questions and draws recommendations from them. (FL)
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Family Interaction and Television Viewing: Studies of Low-Income and Minority Families.
Moles, Oliver – 1981
This review examines studies which deal with family interaction and home situational factors that lead up to and mediate the intrepretation and use of what is viewed on television. It surveys empirical studies in two domains: the effects of parents and siblings on program selection and amount of viewing time; and mediation of what is learned and…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Childhood Interests, Educational Television, Elementary Education