Building Our Capacity to Forge Successful Home-School Partnerships: Programs That Support and Honor the Contributions of Families

This article focuses on two programs that were created to enhance parent involvement practices in literacy. The goal of both programs was to create for parents enjoyable and rich experiences around literacy in the home, while demonstrating for parents how teachers approach reading instruction in the...

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Published inChildhood education Vol. 93; no. 1; pp. 10 - 19
Main Authors Hindin, Alisa, Steiner, Lilly M., Dougherty, Susan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Olney Routledge 02.01.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Children
Children & youth
Emergent Literacy
Family School Relationship
Literacy
Literacy Education
Parent Participation
Parents & parenting
Partnerships in Education
Perceptions
Reading Comprehension
Reading Fluency
Reading Instruction
Teachers
New Jersey
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Summary:This article focuses on two programs that were created to enhance parent involvement practices in literacy. The goal of both programs was to create for parents enjoyable and rich experiences around literacy in the home, while demonstrating for parents how teachers approach reading instruction in the classroom. Programs to increase and support parental involvement in children's literacy development must recognize the realities of family life and how parents' perceptions and beliefs may affect their participation. When parents witness their children's improvement, and see themselves as part of this improvement, they will be more motivated to pursue literacy development activities with their children at home.
ISSN:0009-4056
2162-0725
DOI:10.1080/00094056.2017.1275232