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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 reviewedMakin, Laurie; Hayden, Jacqueline; Diaz, Criss Jones – Childhood Education, 2000
Mapped existing literacy practices in early childhood classrooms and explored the understanding and perceptions of staff and families. Rated classrooms and staff. Identified five staff concerns for providing environmental support for early literacy development and noted staff belief/practice differences between low- and high-ranking classrooms.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries
