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Working with Pre-School Teachers and Parents To Improve the Emergent Literacy Competence of Four Year Olds in a Disadvantaged Locality.

Toomey, Derek – 1991

The influence of informal literacy learning during the preschool years was studied. Preschool teachers in 4 low-income areas read to their classes regularly in an effort to make students enthusiastic about reading. Teachers were also asked to visit families in particular need of help. Three books were sent home with each child twice a week, and…

Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries, Parent Participation