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ERIC Number: EJ538097
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0044-0728
How I Developed My Kindergarten Book Backpack Program.
Cohen, Lynn E.
Young Children, v52 n2 p69-71 Jan 1997
Suggests involving parents more fully in their child's reading, by sending books from school to be shared at home. Describes a program that groups several books by theme or author in a backpack, along with a book for parents, a response notebook, and inventory card. Suggests funding sources and management concerns for such a program, and includes sample parent letter and inventory card. (AMC)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Family Involvement, Family School Relationship, Literacy Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Participation, Parent Role, Parent Student Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Parents as Teachers, Reading Attitudes, Reading Materials, Reading Motivation, Reading Teachers, Recreational Reading
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers: Family Literacy; Reading Behavior; Reading Concepts