Literacy Goes to School : The Parents' Role in Young Children's Literacy Learning.
Title:
Literacy Goes to School : The Parents' Role in Young Children's Literacy Learning.
Author:
Garber, Jo.
ISBN:
9781849207010
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (177 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: Parents' Contribution to Literacy -- 1 - What is Early Literacy Development? -- 2 - Home Background and Literacy Development -- 4 - The Effects of Parents ' Contributions to Literacy -- Part Two: Literacy Development Through Parent's Eyes -- 5 - Literacy at Home: Children Aged Three -- 6 - Literacy at Home: Children Aged Seven -- 7 - Home-School Relations and Children's Literacy -- 8 - Influences on the Parents' Role -- Part Three: Implications for EarlyChildhood Educators -- 9 - Highlighting Favourite Books -- 10 - Extending Home-School Relations -- Appendix 1 - Framework for Looking at the Influence of Parents on their Children's Literacy Development -- Appendix 2 - Background to the Elmswood Study -- Appendix 3 - Measures of Literacy: Home Experiences and School Literacy -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.
Abstract:
`Very accessible - not too technical or jargon-ridden. The practical suggestions were useful too - if professionals feel inspired to promote change in their practice and policy it is helpful to have suggestions on where to start and what to do' - Management in Education Few primary teachers have a chance to find out in detail what children have already learnt, and continue to learn, about literacy at home with their parents. This book gives a clear demonstration of literacy learning that takes place at home, and how it differs from, as well as relates to, literacy at school. It will help teachers to increase their understanding of this process and to build on their relationship with parents. Such unde.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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