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Making The Most Of Volunteer Help: A Handbook For Parents And Teachers, Janet Lynn Bond
Making The Most Of Volunteer Help: A Handbook For Parents And Teachers, Janet Lynn Bond
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This project is concerned with the importance of parental involvement in children learning to read. Research shows children who view reading as an important and valuable process develop a more positive attitude toward learning to read. Children involved in reading activities at home learn to read earlier and have improved comprehension over children who have no experiences reading in the home. Parent involvement can take place in the home or at school as classroom volunteers. This project contains a volunteer handbook for parents and teachers. Included are characteristics of a volunteer, tips for teachers, suggested activities for the classroom and …