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Simons, Jenny – 1981
Guidelines for parents involved in teaching their children to read are provided in this Australian early childhood resource booklet. Suggestions are offered for introducing words to children, talking to children, and reading to children. Material focused on the topic of learning to read at home is divided into two sections: (1) reading games, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Wilson, Robert M., Ed.; Geyer, James, Ed. – 1972
This book of readings pertinent to reading instruction follows the organization of Wilson's text, "Diagnostic and Remedial Reading," and can supplement that or other reading texts as well as serve as a source book for divergent ideas in the field of reading. Topics include classroom, clinical, and noneducational diagnosis; readiness, vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Reading Comprehension, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Materials
Download full textNAM Child Development Center, Trenton, NJ. – 1970
This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," began in 1969. Forty-five preschool-age children are receiving prereading and reading instruction, and parents of 100 other children are using the materials to teach their children at home. The New Approach Method is a series of 84 gamelike lessons, each of which is taped for a…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Parent Participation, Prereading Experience, Preschool Education
Cincinnati Public Schools, OH. – 1974
One of the twelve exemplary programs summarized in the Introduction to Right to Read's "Effective Reading Programs: Summaries of 222 Selected Programs" (CS001934), this program serves disadvantaged, inner-city preschool children who score at or below the twenty-fifth percentile on a preschool inventory. Children attend kindergarten for…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Kindergarten Children, Language Acquisition, Parent Participation
Schroepfer, Dorothy; Yeaton, Charles – 1976
Children discover many things about themselves, about the world around them, and about words and language, before they go to school. This booklet was prepared to guide parents in helping their children make such discoveries in preparation for the demands of learning in school. Activities are suggested for developing children's self-confidence,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Games, Discovery Processes, Early Childhood Education
Willmon, Betty Jean – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Environmental Influences, Family Influence, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedLuetke-Stahlman, Barbara – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1990
The adoptive mother of a hearing-impaired preschool girl describes ways the family has integrated language practice into every facet of the child's life. The paper focuses on practicing speech, learning language, getting ready for reading, using computers, family involvement in signing, socialization and independence, child care, preschool team…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Hearing Impairments, Integrated Activities, Language Acquisition
Brown, Mary Claire – 1994
Noting that much research has been done on many aspects of parents' involvement in their children's education, this literature review focuses on the ways parents develop their children's reading skills. Topics discussed in the literature review are existing literature reviews (no comprehensive reviews of research have been conducted since 1986),…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Literature Reviews, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Participation
Scourfield, Judith VanDyke – 1984
The 180 reading tips described in this school calendar are intended for parents to help their children at home. The calendar presents tips for Monday through Friday and for September through May. Among the suggested exercises are the following: (1) sing the ABC song, (2) write five words that begin with B, (3) play a game of Hangman, (4) discuss…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Family Involvement, Learning Activities, Parent Child Relationship
Wright, Doris R.; And Others – 1976
Prepared by the State of Idaho's Right to Read program, this handbook lists suggestions to help parents discover their child's uniqueness and be her or his first teacher. The suggestions involve the provision of experiences in the community and at home, such as helping children master motor tasks through running, tossing, and clapping; listening…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Parent Participation
Gould, Toni S. – 1976
Children are ready to learn to read when they are young and enjoy learning to read when they understand each step in the reading process, so that their cognitive growth is significatnly stimulated. This book presents the structural approach to teaching both reading readiness skills and reading and points out that teachers and parents must…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education, Parent Participation
Treacy, Thomas D. – 1974
The premise of this book is that parents should help their child learn to read at home in order to individualize reading skill instruction better than may be possible at school alone. A reading readiness checklist is offered as a guide to determining if one's child is linguistically, behaviorally, and perceptually ready to begin to learn to read.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Parent Participation, Phonics, Reading Comprehension
Orem, R. C., Ed. – 1974
This book presents the basic ideas, motives, and goals of the Montessori Method of early childhood education and provides information for people interested in teaching in Montessori schools. Four main sections are included: (1) a discussion of the philosophical roots of the Mntessori Method and descriptions of the practical, day-to-day, operations…
Descriptors: Child Development, Discipline, Educational Philosophy, Learning Readiness
Kreul, William Robert – 1975
The efficacy of a school district training parents to teach prereading skills to their four-year-old children through home-based learning activities was investigated. The method used to evaluate the effects of the experimental program was to test a sample of the experimental group and a control group upon matriculation to kindergarten in September…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Parent Participation, Parent Role, Parent Student Relationship
Woodward, LeRoy A. – 1971
The Reading Improvement Services Everywhere (RISE) project was launched by the National PTA so that PTA's throughout the nation could participate in the federally initiated Right-to-Read effort. It is felt that the parents are responsible to see that the child's learning motivation and readiness are well developed. Project RISE focuses on what can…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Community Services, Community Support, Early Childhood Education
