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Main Author: Bauernfeind, Barbara
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1990
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED329916
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contents Ready for Reading: A Community College Approach to Family Literacy. Bauernfeind, Barbara Community Colleges Educational Research Family Literacy High Risk Students Higher Education Parent Materials Parent Participation Parent Student Relationship Parents as Teachers Preschool Education Program Effectiveness Reading Aloud to Others School Community Relationship A study investigated the effectiveness of a program for at-risk parents designed to improve family reading and thus prepare at-risk children for school. The program, "Ready for Reading," consists of three two-hour sessions conducted with parents at their children's school while the children are in pre-kindergarten classes in various towns in southern Illinois. Parents are given a packet of three children's books, a guide with easy-to-make home activities, pamphlets, a calendar, and a coupon for an additional book to be redeemed at their local public library. Periodic home visits continue throughout the school year. Program evaluation is provided by a comparison of initial intake forms and information gathered at the follow-up visits, anecdotal records, and teacher observations. Results indicated that: (1) the strongest factor to encourage participation seemed to be networking with a pre-kindergarten provider that was already established and accepted in the local community; (2) communication between the family literacy teachers and the networking agencies was extremely important; (3) projects in each of the six communities served were flexible; and (4) the illiterate population was the hardest to reach. (RS)
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spellingShingle Ready for Reading: A Community College Approach to Family Literacy.
Bauernfeind, Barbara
Community Colleges
Educational Research
Family Literacy
High Risk Students
Higher Education
Parent Materials
Parent Participation
Parent Student Relationship
Parents as Teachers
Preschool Education
Program Effectiveness
Reading Aloud to Others
School Community Relationship
Ready for Reading: A Community College Approach to Family Literacy. Bauernfeind, Barbara Community Colleges Educational Research Family Literacy High Risk Students Higher Education Parent Materials Parent Participation Parent Student Relationship Parents as Teachers Preschool Education Program Effectiveness Reading Aloud to Others School Community Relationship A study investigated the effectiveness of a program for at-risk parents designed to improve family reading and thus prepare at-risk children for school. The program, "Ready for Reading," consists of three two-hour sessions conducted with parents at their children's school while the children are in pre-kindergarten classes in various towns in southern Illinois. Parents are given a packet of three children's books, a guide with easy-to-make home activities, pamphlets, a calendar, and a coupon for an additional book to be redeemed at their local public library. Periodic home visits continue throughout the school year. Program evaluation is provided by a comparison of initial intake forms and information gathered at the follow-up visits, anecdotal records, and teacher observations. Results indicated that: (1) the strongest factor to encourage participation seemed to be networking with a pre-kindergarten provider that was already established and accepted in the local community; (2) communication between the family literacy teachers and the networking agencies was extremely important; (3) projects in each of the six communities served were flexible; and (4) the illiterate population was the hardest to reach. (RS)
title Ready for Reading: A Community College Approach to Family Literacy.
topic Community Colleges
Educational Research
Family Literacy
High Risk Students
Higher Education
Parent Materials
Parent Participation
Parent Student Relationship
Parents as Teachers
Preschool Education
Program Effectiveness
Reading Aloud to Others
School Community Relationship
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED329916