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Culyer, Richard C., III, Ed. – 1976
This volume presents papers given at the Seventh Annual Conference on Reading of the North Carolina Council of the International Reading Association. General-session addresses include "Reading: The Fassport to the 80s" by Lewis C. Dowdy, "Developing the Habit of Reading Success" by William K. Durr, "Neither Simple-Minded nor Muddle-Headed Be" by…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Conference Reports, Consumer Education, Early Reading
Perlish, Harvey Neil – 1968
Can and should the preschool child learn to read? To answer this and related questions, a study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a television program and parental home assistance in teaching reading skills to three-year-old children. For five days a week over a 39-week period, an experimental group watched "Wordland Workshop," a…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Educational Television, Experimental Groups, Home Instruction
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Van Olst, Ofelia; And Others – 1974
This is book one in a series of beginning readers in Spanish for preschool and grade one. The program is designed to prepare children to read in Spanish by teaching the sound-symbol relationship in sequential order with simple reading selections. This book introduces the consonants "m,""p,""s,""l," and the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Consonants, Early Reading, Grade 1
Grant, Mabel; And Others – 1972
The descriptions and procedures in this handbook were developed and compiled at the request of staff members of the Early School Admissions Program. It was felt that specific information relating to the suggested use of classroom materials and equipment would assist in upgrading teaching techniques, planning cognitively based learning experiences,…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Class Activities, Communication Skills, Early Admission
Constant, Helen – 1974
This publication is a module designed for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in early childhood, reading, children's literature, and special education and for in-service courses for paraprofessionals. The module is presented in two parts. Part one is the manual, which (1) describes the mode of administering the module and (2) briefly…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Competency Based Teacher Education, Directed Reading Activity, Early Childhood Education
Constant, Helen – 1974
This is part two of a teaching module designed for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in early childhood, reading, children's literature and special education, and for in-service courses for paraprofessionals. This section specifies videotape pre-assessment and post-assessment sessions, and contains three instructional elements, assessment…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Competency Based Teacher Education, Directed Reading Activity, Early Childhood Education
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Lass, Bonnie – Reading Teacher, 1983
Continues the chronicle of the development of a young reader. Details his growth in reading and interests in his third year. (FL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education
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Atwell, Nancie – New Advocate, 1989
A former eighth grade reading and writing teacher considers how her experience in a classroom workshop for readers and writers has affected her behavior with her young daughter. Emphasizes providing children with adequate time to read, choice of what to read, and opportunities to respond. (RAE)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Early Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 8
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Dickinson, David K.; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1992
Examined preschoolers' experiences with their mothers and during group reading in preschool. Concludes that the patterns of adults' and preschoolers' talk about books support a model of a home-school relationship in which mothers provide an introduction to book reading that teachers expand by engaging children in cognitively challenging…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Family School Relationship, Low Income Groups
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Bloome, David; Katz, Laurie; Solsken, Judith; Willett, Jerri; Wilson-Keenan, Jo-Anne – Journal of Educational Research, 2000
Describes two action research ethnographic studies that show different sides of a community-centered model of literacy among young children. One examined the storytelling and story reading practices low-income African American parents used with their young children. The other involved encouraging community participation by having parents share…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Blacks, Early Reading, Elementary Education
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Marshall, Carol Sue; Davis, Ruth A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1999
Describes a course that linked first-grade students using emergent writing skills with university early-childhood majors studying the process of emergent literacy, and, in so doing provided an authentic and meaningful learning context for both groups. Suggests that the pen-pal project demonstrates the value of interactive writing exchanges.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Writing, Early Reading, Elementary School Students
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Grierson, Arlene L.; Woloshyn, Vera E. – Ontario Action Researcher, 2005
Researchers and educators acknowledge that early reading instruction is of critical importance, with interventions and remedial programming most effective in the primary grades. Integral to this programming are educators' abilities to assess students' reading strengths and needs, with inconsistent and/or inaccurate practices ultimately threatening…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Early Reading, Action Research, Portfolio Assessment
Daly, Theresa Constans – Zero to Three, 2005
Early literacy experiences play an important role in later literacy skills and school achievement. Communities offer early literacy experiences in a variety of venues to meet the diverse needs of families. The author of this article provides four vignettes illustrating community-based early literacy activities: (1) private group classes such as…
Descriptors: Primary Health Care, Family Literacy, Emergent Literacy, Enrichment Activities
Shepston, Therese Kiley; Jensen, Rita A. – 1996
This paper reports on a study of primary-grade students (N=79) and their parents in an attempt to identify opportunities for enhancing the collaborative interaction between home and school when designing quality learning environments. In particular, the study looked at the children's print concept development, reading attitudes, and family…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Concept Formation, Early Reading, Educational 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
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