Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ650266
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1068-7379
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The Association between a Home Reading Program and Young Children's Early Reading Skill.
Kraft, Benjamin Lignugaris; Findlay, Penny; Major, Julie; Gilberts, Guy; Hofmeister, Alan
Journal of Direct Instruction, v1 n2 p117-36 Sum 2001
Examines the effects of teaching parents to deliver a carefully sequenced reading program to their kindergarten children who were not receiving formal reading instruction in school. Discusses results relative to previous research in which teachers implemented the curriculum and the issues associated with utilizing parents as primary beginning reading teachers. Concludes many parents can effectively teach their children beginning reading skills. (PM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Home Instruction, Kindergarten, Parent Participation, Parents as Teachers, Primary Education, Program Implementation, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Skills
The Association for Direct Instruction, PO Box 10252, Eugene, OR 97440. Web site: http://www.adihome.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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