2,599
Views
16
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

A Family Literacy Intervention to Support Parents in Children's Early Literacy Learning

References

  • Anderson, J., Anderson, A., Lynch, J., & Shapiro, J. (2004). Examining the effects of gender and genre on interactions in shared book reading. Reading Research and Instruction, 43, 1–20.
  • Baker, L., Fernandez-Fein, S., Scher, D., & Williams, H. (1998). Home experiences related to the development of word recognition. In J. Metsala & L. Ehri (Eds.), Word recognition in beginning literacy (pp. 263–288). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Baker, L., Mackler, K., Sonnenschein, S., & Serpell, R. (2001). Parents’ interactions with their first-grade children during storybook reading and relations with subsequent home reading activity and reading achievement. Journal of School Psychology, 39(5), 415–438.
  • Beaver, J. M., & Carter, M. A. (2006). Teacher guide: Developmental Reading Assessment, grades 4–8, second edition. Parsippany, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
  • Beck, I. L., Farr, R. C., Strickland, D. S., Ada, A. F., & Brechtel, M. (2005). Trophies. . Orlando, FL: Harcourt School Publishers.
  • Bogdan, R.C., & Bilken, S.K. (1992). Qualitative research for education: An introduction to theory and methods. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
  • Broussard, C.A. (2000). Preparing teachers to work with families: A national survey of teacher education programs. Equity and Excellence in Education, 33(2), 41–49.
  • Bus, A. G., van Ijzendoorn, M. H., & Pellegrini, A. D. (1995). Joint book reading makes for success in learning to read: A meta-analysis on intergenerational transmission of literacy. Review of Educational Research, 65(1), 1–21.
  • Calkins, L.M. (2006). Units of study for primary writing: A yearlong curriculum (Grades K–2). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
  • Chall, J.S., Jacobs, V.A., & Baldwin, L.E. (1990). The reading crisis: Why poor children fall behind. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Charmaz, K. (1983). The grounded theory method: An explication and interpretation. In R.M. Emerson (Ed.), Contemporary field research (pp.109–126). Prospects Heights, IL: Waveland.
  • Clay, M.M. (2000). The early detection of reading difficulty . (3rd ed.). Auckland, New Zealand: Heinemann.
  • Compton-Lilly, C. (2009). Listening to families over time: Seven lessons learned about literacy in families. Language Arts, 86(6), 449–457.
  • Coyne, M. (2006). E-merging literacy: Assisting parents to scaffold the emerging literacy of their pre-school aged children through the use of electronic storybooks . (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Boston University, Boston, MA.
  • Creswell, J.W., Plano-Clark, V.L., Gutmann, M.L., & Hanson, W.E. (2003). Advanced mixed methods research designs. In A. Tashakkori & C. Teddlie (Eds.), Handbook of mixed methods in social and behavioral research (pp. 209–240). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Dauber, S.L., & Epstein, J.L. (1993). Parents’ attitudes and practices of involvement in inner-city elementary and middle schools. In N.F. Chavkin (Ed.), Families and schools in a pluralistic society (pp. 53–71). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
  • Dearing, E., Kreider, H., Simpkins, S., & Weiss, H.B. (2006). Family involvement in school and low-income children's literacy performance: Longitudinal associations between and within families. Journal of Educational Psychology, 98, 653–666.
  • Dearing, E., McCartney, K., Weiss, H.B., Krieder, H., & Simpkins, S. (2004). The promotive effects of family educational involvement for low-income children's literacy. Journal of School Psychology, 42(6), 445–460.
  • DeGaetano, Y. (2007). The role of culture in engaging Latino parents’ involvement in school. Urban Education, 42(2), 145–162.
  • Delgado-Gaitan, C. (1990). Literacy for empowerment: The role of parents in children's education. New York, NY: Falmer Press.
  • Delgado-Gaitan, C. (1993). School matters in the Mexican-American home: Socializing children to education. American Educational Research Journal, 29, 495–513.
  • Delgado-Gaitan, C., & Allexsaht-Snider, M. (1992). Mediating school cultural knowledge for children: The parents’ role. In J.H. Johnson & K.M. Borman (Eds.), Effective schooling of economically disadvantaged students: School-based strategies for diverse student populations (pp. 81–100). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
  • Dickinson, D.K., & Tabors, P.O. (1991). Early literacy: Linkages between home, school, and literacy achievement at age five. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 6(1), 30–45.
  • Domina, T. (2005). Leveling the home advantage: Assessing the effectiveness of parental involvement in elementary school. Sociology of Education, 78, 233–249.
  • Durkin, D. (1966). Children who read early. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
  • Eccles, J., & Harold, R. (1996). Family involvement in children's and adolescents’ schooling. In A. Booth & J. Dunn (Eds.), Family-school links—How do they affect educational outcomes? (pp. 3–34). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Edwards, P. (1995). Empowering low-income mothers and fathers to share books with young children. The Reading Teacher, 48(7), 558–564.
  • Epstein, J. (1995). School, family, community partnerships: Caring for the children we share. Phi Delta Kappan, 76, 701–712.
  • Epstein, J.L., & Dauber, S.L. (1991). School programs and teacher practices of parent involvement in inner-city elementary and middle schools. Elementary School Journal, 91, 289–304.
  • Epstein, J.L., & Sanders, M.G. (2006). Prospects for change: Preparing educators for school, family, and community partnerships. Peabody Journal of Education, 81(2), 81–120.
  • Fan, X. (2001). Parental involvement and students’ academic achievement: A growth modeling analysis. Journal of Experimental Education, 70(1), 27–61.
  • Fan, X., & Chen, M. (2001). Parental involvement and students’ academic achievement: A meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 13(1), 1–22.
  • Gay, L.R., & Airasian, P. (2003). Educational research: Competencies for analysis and application . (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
  • Gonzalez-DeHass, A.R., Willems, P.P., & Doan Holbein, M.F. (2005). Examining the relationship between parental involvement and student motivation. Educational Psychology Review, 17(2), 99–123.
  • Good, R.H., & Kaminski, R.A. (2002). DIBELS oral reading fluency passages for first through third grades . (Technical Report No. 10). Eugene, OR: University of Oregon Press.
  • Heath, S.B. (1983). Ways with words: Language, life and work in communities and classrooms. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
  • Hewison, J., & Tizard, J. (1980). Parental involvement and reading attainment. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 50, 209–215.
  • Jeynes, W. (2003). A meta-analysis: The effects of parental involvement on minority children's academic involvement. Education and Urban Society, 35(1), 202–218.
  • Jeynes, W. (2012). A meta-analysis of the efficacy of different types of parental involvement programs for urban students. Urban Education, 47, 706–742.
  • Jordan, G.E., Snow, C.E., & Porche, M.V. (2000). Project EASE: The effect of a family literacy project on kindergarten students’ early literacy skills. Reading Research Quarterly, 35(4), 524–546.
  • Kellaghan, T., Sloane, K., Alvarez, B., & Bloom, B. (1993). The home environment and schooling learning: Promoting parental involvement in education of children. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
  • Lapp, D., Fisher, D., Flood, J., & Moore, K. (2002). “I don't want to teach it wrong”: An investigation of the role families believe they should play in the early literacy development of their children. National Reading Conference Yearbook, 51, 276–287.
  • Lawrence-Lightfoot, S.L. (2004). The essential conversation: What parents and teachers can learn from each other. New York, NY: Random House.
  • Lopez, M.L., Barrueco, S., Feinauer, E., & Miles, J.C. (2007). Young Latino infants and families: Parental involvement implications from a recent national study. . Retrieved from http://www.hfrp.org/publications-resources
  • McBride, B.A., Schoppe-Sullivan, S.J., & Ho, M.H. (2005). The mediating role of fathers’ school involvement on student achievement. Applied Developmental Psychology, 26, 201–216.
  • OECD. (2011). Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/eag-2011-en
  • Paratore, J.R. (2001). Opening doors, opening opportunities: Family literacy in an urban community. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
  • Paratore, J.R., Steiner, L.M., & Dougherty, S. (2011). Coaching parents and teachers in forming effective home-school partnerships. In R. Bean (Ed.), Effective practices in literacy (pp. 1–18). New York, NY: Guilford.
  • Patton, M.Q. (2002). Qualitative research and evaluation methods . (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Purcell-Gates, V. (1996). Stories, coupons, and the “TV Guide”: Relationships between home literacy experiences and emergent literacy knowledge. Reading Research Quarterly, 31(4), 406–428.
  • Rasinski, T., & Stevenson, B. (2005). The effects of fast start reading, a fluency based home involvement reading program, on the reading achievement of beginning readers. Reading Psychology: An International Quarterly, 26, 109–125.
  • Rodriguez-Brown, F. (2010). Latino culture and schooling: Reflections on family literacy with a culturally and linguistically different community. In K. Dusmore & D. Fisher (Eds.), Bringing literacy home (pp. 203–225). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
  • Rumberger, R., Ghatak, R., Poulos, G., Ritter, P., & Dornbusch, S. (1990). Family influences on dropout behavior in one California high school. Sociology of Education, 63, 283–299.
  • Scarborough, H.S., & Dobrich, W. (1994). On the efficacy of reading to preschoolers. Developmental Review, 14, 245–302.
  • Schneider, B., & Coleman, J.S. (1993). Parents, their children, and schools. Boulder, CO: Westview.
  • Sénéchal, M. (1997). The differential effect of storybook reading on preschoolers’ acquisition of expressive and receptive vocabulary. Journal of Child Language, 24, 123–138.
  • Sénéchal, M., & LeFevre, J. (2002). Parental involvement in the development of children's reading skills: A five-year longitudinal study. Child Development, 73(2), 445–460.
  • Sénéchal, M., LeFevre, J.A., Thomas, E.M., & Daley, K.E. (1998). Differential effects of home literacy experiences on the development of oral and written language. Reading Research Quarterly, 28(1), 96–116.
  • Sénéchal, M., & Young, L. (2008). The effect of family literacy interventions on children's acquisition of reading from kindergarten to grade 3: A meta-analytic review. Review of Educational Research, 78(4), 880–907.
  • Sheldon, S.B., & Epstein, J.L. (2005). School programs of family and community involvement to support children's reading and literacy development. In J. Flood and P. Anders (Eds.), Literacy development of students in urban schools: Research and policy (pp. 107–138). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
  • Shockley, B., Michalove, B., & Allen, J. (1995). Engaging families. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
  • Taylor, D., & Dorsey-Gaines, C. (1988). Growing up literate: Learning from inner-city families. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
  • Teale, W.H., & Sulzby, E. (1986). Emergent literacy: Writing and reading. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
  • Wagner, R.K., Torgesen, J.K., & Rashotte, C.A. (1994). Development of reading-related phonological processing abilities: New evidence of bi-directional causality from a latent variable longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, 30, 73–87.
  • White, K.R., Taylor, M.J., & Moss, V.D. (1992). Does research support claims about the benefits of involving parents in early intervention programs? Review of Educational Research, 62, 91–125.
  • Zevenbergen, A.A., & Whitehurst, G.J. (2006). Dialogic reading: A shared picture book intervention for preschoolers. In A.V. Kleech, S.A. Stahl, & E.B. Bauer (Eds.), On reading books to children (pp. 177–200). Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Children's Literature

  • Brett, J. (1999). Annie and the wild animals. . New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin.
  • Ehlert, L. (1992). Moon rope/Un lazo a la luna. New York, NY: Random House.
  • Ehlert, L. (2005). Leaf man. New York, NY: Harcourt Children's Books.
  • Hall, Z. (1999). It's pumpkin time! New York, NY: Scholastic.
  • Jenkins, S., & Page, R. (2003). What do you do with a tail like this? New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin.
  • Lionni, L. (1959/1995). Little blue, little yellow. New York, NY: Harper Children's Books.
  • Numeroff, L.J. (1985). If you give a mouse a cookie. New York, NY: Harper & Row.
  • Numeroff, L.J. (2002). If you take a mouse to school. New York, NY: Laura Geringer.
  • Small, D. (1985). Imogene's antlers. New York, NY: Scholastic.
  • Willems, M. (2004). Knuffle bunny: A cautionary tale. New York, NY: Hyperion.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.