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ERIC Number: EJ641775
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
Support at Home for Early Language and Literacies (SHELLS): Collaboration and Challenge.
Makin, Laurie; Spedding, Susan
Early Child Development and Care, v170 p45-56 Nov 2001
Describes the Support at Home for Early Language and Literacies (SHELLS) project, an early literacy intervention for families of children between birth and age 3 in rural Australia. Findings from monitoring suggest that this collaborative, flexible model has the potential to assist families from a range of social, cultural, economic, and geographical settings in supporting their children's early literacy. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Family Literacy, Family Programs, Foreign Countries, Parent School Relationship, Parent Student Relationship, Parents, Parents as Teachers, Program Descriptions, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia (New South Wales)
Note: Special Issue on: "The Power of Choice in Early Childhood--Research or Rhetoric? Part 1."