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Peer reviewedHill, Mary W. – Language Arts, 1982
Recounts an incident illustrating a child's development of communication skills and offers suggestions for parents to help facilitate that development. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Skills, Language Acquisition, Parent Role
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Discusses the importance of preschool literacy training. (FL)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Parent Role, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedWiseman, Donna L. – Reading Teacher, 1984
Argues that by encouraging children in their early writing efforts, adults can help them develop into confident and comfortable writers. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Early Reading, Integrated Activities
Rex-Kerish, Lesley – 1983
A study was undertaken to explore the problems beginning writers face and how they grapple with them. The subject, a six-year-old boy, was observed over 10 writing sessions and an analysis was made of his composing behavior and the illustrations and texts he produced. In addition, his composing aloud protocols were analyzed. Results suggest that a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
Weinberger, Jo; And Others – 1990
This booklet is intended for teachers, nursery nurses, health visitors, librarians, preschool workers, and parents, and provides practical ideas about working with parents, ideas which have been developed and tried out in the Sheffield Early Literacy Development Project. Suggestions include ways for parents to model, provide opportunities, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Emergent Literacy, Literacy, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedFriedman, Sheila – Reading Teacher, 1985
Reviews a project in which first-grade children learned to write and became confident, fluent, and enthusiastic writers. Contains examples of their writing. (FL)
Descriptors: Grade 1, Parent Role, Primary Education, Student Improvement
Babies, Books, and the Boob Tube: Preparing Preschoolers To Be School and Reading Ready and Willing.
Peer reviewedMiles, Betty – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1995
Discusses the importance of parents' helping children to read from birth and notes the most crucial and enjoyable way is reading aloud to children. Presents six basic skills that parents can help new readers to use: getting help from pictures; remembering; sounding out the letters; expecting what comes next; writing; and making sense of content.…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Content Analysis, Individual Needs, Memory
Coe, David E. – 1986
A study examined (1) a nine-year-old girl's view of writing, (2) the factors contributing to the construction of that view, (3) her parents' and teacher's views, and (4) the relationship among these various views. Both samples of writing and an interview schedule were used to elicit writing views from each of the participants concerning their…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Theories, Family Environment
Grinnell, Paula C. – 1984
Dealing with the critical years from birth through kindergarten, this micromonograph answers parents' questions about when and how to prepare a child for reading. The pamphlet discusses in depth these suggestions: (1) talking and reading to the child, (2) letting the child read and write, (3) being a model of reading and writing behavior, and (4)…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Reading, Family Environment, Family Influence
Clay, Marie – 1987
Intended for parents of preschoolers, this book offers samples of children's "writing" (defined as the funny signs and symbols that pencils make) and attempts to show how parents can support and expand children's discovery of printed language before children begin school. Each of the eight chapters contains numerous examples of young…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Emergent Literacy, Family Environment, Language Acquisition
Baghban, Marcia – 1986
A case study detailed the influence of a nine-year-old female sibling on the writing development of her younger brother, from the time he was 18 months old until he was 28 months old. General and significant interactions, such as the boy's oral language milestones and the books the children shared, were recorded in a journal by their mother.…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Case Studies, Child Language, Child Role
Taylor, Denny – 1983
Focusing on family interaction, this book discusses a study designed to develop systematic ways of looking at reading and writing as activities that have consequences in and are affected by family life. Topics of the seven chapters are as follows: the six families involved in the research, conservation and change in the transmission of family…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Family Attitudes, Family Environment
Download full textKarnofsky, Florence; Weiss, Trudy – 1993
Intended as a guide to help parents of children from birth to age 5 teach their children the skills needed to make kindergarten a experience, this book consists of an introduction and seven chapters on various aspects of preparing young children for kindergarten. Checklists for parents are included in each chapter. The Introduction discusses what…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Early Experience, Interpersonal Competence, Kindergarten
