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Scott, Ralph; Davis, Arthur, Jr. – 1979
This report examines the procedures employed in the Home Start Program, which offered prekindergarten readiness enrichment for economically disadvantaged children, ages two through five. The program focused on regular visits to the home by paraprofessional home workers, and took into account parental needs as well as the multifaceted development…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Experience, Enrichment Activities, Family Environment
Peer reviewedSpewock, Theodosia S. – Reading Teacher, 1988
Describes a successful home-based parent-training program implemented in the Tyrone, Pennsylvania school district in l979 which supports the concept of training parents to work with their preschoolers at home as an effective approach toward improving learning readiness and achieving parental involvement in the early education of children. (NH)
Descriptors: Family Environment, Home Programs, Kindergarten Children, Learning Readiness
Download full textDusewicz, Russell A.; Coller, Alan R. – 1978
This study used two evaluation approaches to assess the effectiveness of Picturepages, a preschool readiness program televised daily in Kentucky. In this program, children actively follow along with the TV show using multi-colored Picturepages booklets distributed to their homes weekly in advance of the broadcast. In the Home-Based Study, a…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Home Programs, Learning Readiness, Measurement Instruments
Kapfer, Sherry – 1972
The proceedings of the First National Home Start Conference are presented, based on reports of the sessions and activities of the meeting which was aimed at strengthening and supplementing child development in the home. Topics discussed include parent education, toy lending libraries, use of television, contributions of Head Start, early reading,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Conference Reports, Environmental Influences, Family Environment
Medina County School District., OH. – 1995
First grade is a special place where children learn many things, and learning is increased when home and school work together in a friendly partnership. This guide provides parents and children weekly home activities through the year to enhance children's eagerness to learn. Suggested activities--which were carefully chosen by representative…
Descriptors: Awards, Childhood Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Family Environment
Anderson, Betty N.; Bower, JoAnn C. – 1986
This final report documents the findings of a study designed to evaluate the quality and efficiency of early education programs for handicapped children in Louisiana during 1985-86. More than 400 classes in 65 formal programs (residential, home-based, and center-based) serving approximately 5,000 handicapped children ages 3-5 were studied. The…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Home Programs
