Parental Involvement Routines and Former Head Start Children’s Literacy Outcomes

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between parental involvement routines and former Head Start children’s literacy outcomes. Former Head Start children (n = 3, 808) from the National Head Start/Public School Transition Demonstration Research Project comprised the sample. Family routines and literacy outcomes in kindergarten were examined, revealing routines at home and school to be beneficial to literacy outcomes in kindergarten.

Keywords:

• family involvement
• literacy
• Head Start