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Xiantong Yang; Ru-De Liu; Yi Ding; Zien Ding; Yi Yang – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
Numerous studies have revealed the benefits of parents' reading-related activities that support children's cognitive development. However, little is known about the reading-related achievement emotions that are essential for self-confidence and well-being as a reader. To advance research in this important area of achievement emotions, it is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Parent Child Relationship, Reading Habits
Louizides, Susan M. – 1993
A descriptive study examined whether reading aloud to children regularly would have an effect on creating independent readers. Subjects, 269 preschool through third-grade students in Cranford, New Jersey, were given a questionnaire to be completed by the parents. Ninety-one questionnaires representing 200 children (ranging in age from 3 months to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Independent Reading, Parent Participation
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Cooter, Robert B., Jr.; Mills-House, Earlene; Marrin, Peggy; Mathews, Barbara A.; Campbell, Sylvia; Baker, Tina – Reading Teacher, 1999
Outlines a major literacy initiative for urban children taking place in the Dallas, Texas Public Schools. Describes several different programs at the school district level aimed at family and community outreach, in order to create a literacy-education support system with primary care givers in the homes. (SR)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Education, Family Involvement, Independent Reading
Morrow, Lesley Mandel – 1985
This booklet describes methods that teachers can use in recreational reading in early childhood and elementary classrooms and suggests ways to help parents promote voluntary reading in their children. The first section deals with "Promoting Voluntary Reading through Classroom Library Corners." Discussed are the value of classroom library corners,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Learning Activities