Ready for Reading [microform] : A Community College Approach to Family Literacy / Barbara Bauernfeind
- Bib ID:
- 5528680
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Bauernfeind, Barbara
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990
- 10 p.
- Summary:
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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)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Reading Forum (11th, Sarasota, FL, December 12-15, 1990).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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