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Learning The Abc's: Family Involvement In Kindergarten Literacy, Rebecca Lynn England
Learning The Abc's: Family Involvement In Kindergarten Literacy, Rebecca Lynn England
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The present study investigated home literacy environments established through reading with children, engaging in literacy activities, and having literacy materials provided, along with families' participation in literacy-related school events. One hundred one kindergarten children and their families from five classrooms in two inner-city urban elementary schools were invited to participate in the "Learning the ABCs" project. A total of 68 families gave consent. Participation in the project included receiving 15 weeks of Home Literacy Bags. The 68 participating children were randomly assigned into two intervention groups using cluster sampling of the five classes. Group One received weekly bags with four …