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Download full textMatthews, Stephen – 1993
This resource book is intended to help parents identify good books for their children by offering a list of the best contemporary Australian books for children and by explaining ways to recognize what qualities to look for in new and unfamiliar books. The first section of the book answers some common questions about why books and reading aloud are…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria
Ediger, Marlow – 1992
Amish beliefs are exemplified in their parochial schools. Children are taught to be diligent and work hard at the task at hand. "An idle mind is a devil's workshop" is very much in evidence when Amish children study and learn that which stresses the moral and the practical. The home setting emphasizes the utilitarian with its farm work…
Descriptors: Amish, Classroom Environment, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Lancy, David F.; Bergin, Christi – 1992
A study examined parents' contributions to the emerging reading abilities of kindergarten and first-grade children by documenting the variation in parent-child interaction during joint storybook reading and the specific interaction patterns associated with children's reading fluency and affect. Subjects, 32 white, working-class parent-child pairs…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Emergent Literacy, Grade 1, Kindergarten
Ridout, Susan Ramp – 1992
A study examined parents' attitudes toward reading and their children's reading problems, to investigate whether a child's reading problem may simply be a reflection of his or her parent's reading know-how. Subjects, 203 of 218 parents of children attending a university reading clinic, responded to a survey. Data were collected over the course of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Education, Parent Student Relationship
Ullery, Laurie V. – 1993
The practicum reported here was designed to provide prekindergarten students from low socioeconomic families with successful early literacy experiences at home and in school. Emergent literacy training for school staff members and six structured parent/child workshops were designed to support the developing literacy of four-year-olds. Books and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Emergent Literacy, Inservice Teacher Education, Literacy
Berger, Allen – 1993
If English teachers are going to clean up language and strive toward literacy, they need to stop using phrases that are meaningless, such as "prior knowledge,""dyslexia,""learning disabilities," and "at-risk." The persistent misuse of language moves the United States closer to becoming a remedial nation.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Inner City, Labeling (of Persons), Language Usage
Henry, Leslie – 1991
This study investigated whether the choice of literature read aloud by the teacher affected childrens' choices of books in their free reading. Subjects, 13 third grade students, freely selected library books before the study, and then were asked to make choices each week during the 11 weeks of the study in order to determine if the genre being…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Alachua County Schools, Gainesville, FL. – 1991
This coordinator's handbook describes the "Rockin' Readers" program, in which senior-citizen volunteers are matched with specifically targeted at-risk children (usually of kindergarten age or slightly older) in Alachua County, Florida, who tested below their peer group in language development and reading readiness skills. The handbook…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, High Risk Students, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults
Pellegrini, A. D.; And Others – 1994
A study examined the ways in which Head Start preschool children's vocabulary developed when they and their mothers engaged in joint reading. Subjects, 19 dyads, were observed as they interacted around expository texts presented in both familiar (newspaper toy advertisements) and traditional (trade books) formats. Subjects were observed in their…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Emergent Literacy, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
McAllister, Charlene – 1994
Noting that it is important for parents and children to have fun as a family, this booklet offers parents ideas in how to make reading with their children easy and fun. The booklet discusses several topics concerning reading aloud to children, including helping children learn by reading aloud; having a special family reading time; finding books to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Communication, Foreign Countries
McKenzie, Flora I. – 1991
A practicum aimed to develop the positive reading attitudes of six at-risk thrid-graders. Regular teacher-student sessions were devoted to reading aloud. Practicum participants were assigned mentors. Mentors and mentees met twice during the 12-week implementation cycle. The targted group of third-graders served as tutors for a group of…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Grade 1, Grade 3, High Risk Students
Zamparelli, Debra – 1990
A practicum was developed to increase the frequency of recreational reading and improve students' attitudes towards reading. Subjects were 22 third grade students. Literacy activities incorporated included: daily recreational reading periods either with a buddy or alone, reading to children daily, incorporating children's books into content area…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Grade 3, Parent Participation
Moore, Kay – 1984
A multimedia reading program for seventh and eighth grade students is presented. Methodology for the seventh grade course consists of designating a particular type of literature for each month of the school year. Story assignments, book reports, and teaching units all revolve around this type of literature. Students read aloud from radio and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Grade 7, Grade 8, Instructional Materials
Erwin, Barbara K.; Mangano, Nancy – 1981
The Bryan Independent School District (Texas) has implemented a primary grade parent involvement program based on a home-partnership model and a contract of cooperation between the parents and schools. By signing the contract, the parents agree to (1) listen to their child read 15 minutes three days a week; (2) read a story a day to their child;…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. – 1983
The annotated materials contained in this listing of children's books for 1982 have been selected for literary merit, usefulness, and enjoyment, and are intended to reflect a year's publishing with a balance between books to be enjoyed for free reading, those for reading aloud, and those recognized as valuable for individualized reading programs…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Art, Biographies, Books
