| Description |
ix, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Theoretical perspectives related to family literacy. Building on family literacies : examining the past and planning the future / Jeanne R. Paratore -- Emergent literacy / Donald J. Richgels. Specific practices and strategies used to promote family literacy in collaboration with schools and communities. The ABCs of family literacy / Billie J. Enz -- Making a future for the adolescent through literacy : family, school, and community / Maurine V. Richardson and Mary Kathleen Sacks -- Expanding the concept of "family" in family literacy : integrating a focus on fathers / Vivian L. Gadsden -- Family literacy in English language learning communities : issues related to program development, implementation, and practice / Flora V. Rodríguez-Brown -- Family literacy and local understanding : literate citizenship for children with disabilities / Christopher Kliewer. A close look at diverse family literacy programs. Exploring Even Start and Head Start family literacy / Rebecca K. Edmiaston and Linda May Fitzgerald -- Read to Me : a family literacy program for young mothers and their babies / Susan Straub -- The United Kingdom's Boots Books for Babies project : a case study / Mary Bailey -- Learning from Soweto : the story of two family learning programs in South Africa and the United Kingdom / Letta Mashishi and Margaret Cook. Evaluating family literacy programs and their participants. Assessment and evaluation of (and for) family literacy programs / Nancy D. Padak and Dianna Baycich -- Using family literacy portfolios as a context for parent-teacher communication / Barbara Krol-Sinclair ... [et al.] -- Evaluating adult/child interactive reading skills / Andrea DeBruin-Parecki. |
| Subject |
Family literacy programs.
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Reading -- Parent participation.
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| Added Author |
DeBruin-Parecki, Andrea.
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Krol-Sinclair, Barbara.
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International Reading Association.
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| ISBN |
0872075117 paperback |
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