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Wilkens, Lea-Ruth C. – 1980
This practical guide for parents who care and want to help children learn to read and enjoy reading discusses ten ways in which parents and the home environment can influence reading habits and attitudes. These include: (1) encouraging the child while he or she reads, (2) reading aloud to the child and listening while he or she reads aloud, (3)…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Literature, Family Environment, Family Influence
Sawyer, Walter E.; Sawyer, Jean C. – 1980
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between kindergarten children's preschool experiences and their reading readiness skills. A sample of 42 children, randomly selected from a population of incoming kindergarten students at an upstate New York elementary school, was studied. Prior to entering kindergarten, interviews…
Descriptors: Attendance, Cultural Influences, Early Experience, Educational Television
Day, Kaaren C.; Day, H. D. – 1978
A study originally involving 56 children from four schools was undertaken to observe the development of children's oral language and concepts of print during the kindergarten year using the Record of Oral Language (ROL) and the Concepts about Print (Sand) tests. In addition, the Sand test was administered early in the first grade to the available…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Concept Formation, Kindergarten Children, Language Acquisition
Keys, Delpha Bostock – 1975
A kindergarten pre-reading program was designed based upon Piagetian and Montessorian theory. During the pilot study, pre-reading experiences, materials and games were created to encourage individual diagnosis and specific pre-reading skills assessment. The following year the investigator conducted a descriptive study of the program's…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Inservice Teacher Education, Kindergarten Children
Fortenberry, Warren D. – 1969
Determination of the effectiveness of visual perceptual training upon word recognition and subsequent reading achievement of the culturally disadvantaged first grader was this study's goal. Forty-eight pupils in two sections of the first grade of an elementary school in Louisiana tested the hypotheses that no difference would be revealed in the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Grade 1, Language Acquisition, Perceptual Development
Download full textHeflin, Virginia A.; And Others – 1968
A 2-year study was conducted in 1965-67 for the following purposes: (1) to evaluate the materials and techniques of a new beginning reading program, Listen Look Learn (LLL) Multi-Media Communication Skills System, in order to make revisions where necessary and (2) to compare the LLL system in its formative stage with that of basal reader programs.…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Independent Reading, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedDorn, Marilyn – Lutheran Education, 1977
This article discusses ways of diagnosing reading problems in children and the means of correcting them. (JD)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Educational Therapy, Learning Problems, Primary Education
Peer reviewedPappas, Christine C.; Brown, Elga – Research in the Teaching of English, 1987
Argues that an essential factor in becoming literate is young children's developing an understanding of the registers of written language. Examines the reading-like behavior of a prereading kindergartner. (AEW)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Development, Kindergarten Children
Peer reviewedRichgels, Donald J. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1986
Explains how to administer and score a test of early spelling ability, how to assess what the test revealed at the beginning of the school year about 26 first graders' knowledge of the function of letters in written language, and how to use that information in "natural" writing projects. (HOD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Grade 1, Informal Assessment
McGee, Alice E.; Weinstein, Rachel S. – 1996
This practical guide to teaching reading offers activities to teach reading readiness and mathematics. It also discusses the reasons for reading to children, teaching phonics, and using the basal reader. The section on reading readiness focuses on the importance of such skills, and specific reading readiness skills such as visual discrimination,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Foreign Countries, Learning Activities
Ferguson, Iyla – 2001
This study describes a program designed to increase student background knowledge in order to improve reading comprehension. The targeted first grade class is located in a Midwest, middle class, metropolitan community. More than half of the school's population is identified as low-income. Evidence for the existence of the problem was obtained…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Communication, Educational Technology, Grade 1
Peer reviewedWangberg, Elaine G.; Thompson, Bruce – Reading Improvement, 1982
Concludes that cognitive development tasks may primarily evaluate reading readiness and suggests that proficient readers are particularly sensitive to semantic text cues. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Development, Context Clues, Grade 2
Peer reviewedNagle, Richard J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1979
A sample of 176 first-grade children was tested on the Metropolitan Readiness Tests, 1976 Edition (MRT), during the initial month of school and was retested eight months later on the Stanford Achievement Test. Results demonstrated substantial validity of the MRT for predicting first-grade achievement. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 1
Drake, Suzanne V. – Academic Therapy, 1990
Reading readiness is defined, and the assessment of emergent literacy is discussed. An informal Reading Readiness Inventory is proposed to provide a profile of students' specific strengths and weaknesses at the beginning levels. The assessment comprises such subtests as oral cloze, sound/symbol relationships, and instant recognition of high…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cloze Procedure, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods
Dashner, Carol – 1995
A study examined the effectiveness of a project to increase reading readiness skills. The targeted population consisted of kindergarten students in a growing middle class community located in northern Illinois. The problems of lack of reading readiness were documented through teacher observation and district assessment tools. Analysis of probable…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cross Age Teaching, Instructional Effectiveness, Kindergarten
