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| Language: | en |
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1990
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- Nurturing Children's Literacy through the Establishment of a Community-Funded Preschool Lending Library and an In-Home Family Reading Program. Ryan, Susan Fay Childrens Literature Community Involvement Emergent Literacy Library Materials Library Services Literacy Parent Participation Parent Role Preschool Children Preschool Education Reading Aloud to Others This practicum was designed to address the problem of preschoolers who attend a weekly full-time daycare program needing more exposure to children's literature to properly nourish their literacy development. Goals of the practicum sought to ensure that books and literacy experiences become more available for children, increase individualized reading time for children in their homes, and involve the community in assisting with preschoolers' literacy development. Community support was solicited for an on-site preschool library collection of children's literature for the 65 regular preschoolers in attendance. The books were color-coded into eight categories to teach children classifications and how to select books and return them to their proper location. Highlights of the program included: a unique library card, a motivational theme and logo, and a literacy song. Cultural presentations became a regular part of the program along with a link to the public library system through a monthly storytelling session. Creative play was incorporated into a program emphasizing emergent literacy via newsletters to parents on how they could become involved in their child's reading process. Community groups supported the program with books, money, or labor. One service organization built bookshelves in a literacy center. (Twenty-two appendixes include a parent questionnaire, promotional letters, book checkout sheets, library card, literacy center floor plan, and other highlights from the program. Twenty-nine references are attached.) (Author/MG)