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Emergent Literacy : School To Home Connection, Barbara Grell
Emergent Literacy : School To Home Connection, Barbara Grell
Graduate Research Papers
All homes have opportunities to influence young children's emerging literacy. Parents or other caregivers and teachers can work together to help children develop literacy abilities. Sharing this responsibility between the home.and school demonstrates to children the importance of learning. Establishing connections from home to school and from school to home will help children make sense of the world in which they live. The school can provide families with ideas to support literacy development in the home.
A project to support children's emerging literacy at home is provided through the use of literacy theme bags. This project is designed for first …
Parental And Community Involvement In Reading Education, Rhonda S. Johnstone
Parental And Community Involvement In Reading Education, Rhonda S. Johnstone
Graduate Research Papers
Research shows the effects of parental involvement in reading education to be beneficial to students, parents, teachers, and schools. Parental involvement can aid students in keeping up with (and possibly catching up with) grade level reading, learn to appreciate books, and about the various ways of communication in real life situations. Parent involvement helps parents gain the understanding of their children's strengths and weaknesses in literacy acquisition and the opportunity to assist in their development. Teachers may gain an insight into students, and their literate activities outside of school, which might help with curriculum development. At the same time, schools …