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ERIC Number: EJ652646
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-8171
Embracing Family Literacy.
Wolter, Deborah
Early Childhood Education, v33 n2 p52-54 Fall-Win 2000
Offers ways for early childhood and elementary teachers to explore a family's use of and priorities for literacy. Includes ethnographic vignettes emphasizing strategies for viewing families neutrally and avoiding assumptions and judgment. Asserts that to understand the family's literacy experiences and priorities will more closely connect curriculum and children's literacy growth. (KB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Emergent Literacy, Family Attitudes, Family Literacy, Family School Relationship, Preschool Curriculum, Reading Attitudes, Young Children
Alberta Teachers' Association, Barnett House, 11010 142 Street, Edmonton, alberta, Canada, T5N 2R1.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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