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

• Published in: Childhood education Vol. 93; no. 1; pp. 10 - 19
• Main Authors: Hindin, Alisa, Steiner, Lilly M., Dougherty, Susan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...