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Peer reviewedBarbour, Ann C. – Childhood Education, 1999
A family literacy program used "Be Excited about Reading" bags, which contained quality children's books and family activities that extended the classroom theme to be taken home by at-risk prekindergarten and kindergarten students. The literacy bags reached all families, encouraged family/school partnerships promoting children's learning, affected…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Family School Relationship, High Risk Students, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedArnqvist, Anders – Childhood Education, 2000
Examines three Swedish research projects concerning how reading and writing are viewed in the preschool context. Finds that linguistic awareness is a precondition, stimulating linguistic awareness fosters literacy development, linguistic awareness activities are common in preschools, and attitudes have changed about when and how young children…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Foreign Countries, Learning Readiness
