PARTNERING WITH FAMILIES FOR LITERACY DEVELOPMENT

Source: natural_resources2] Partnering with Families for Literacy Development, May 10, 2006
Three recent publications from FINE (the Family Involvement Network of Educators) at the Harvard Family Research Project relate to this topic. They are:
Parent Involvement and Early Literacy
Qiuyun Lin’s research reveals that parents’ involvement at school is related to children’s higher literacy, particularly for those from socially or economically disadvantaged families. www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/digest/literacy.html

Story Time: Mothers’ Reading Practices in Japan and the U.S.
Eiko Kato-Otani compares American and Japanese mothers' home reading practices with their preschool children, highlighting cross-cultural differences. www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/digest/reading.html

Family Involvement Storybook Corner
The set of materials in this Storybook Corner show you how to use published children's storybooks with family involvement themes to engage families in their children's education, encourage family-school-community partnerships, and support literacy. Resources include a compilation of read-aloud storybooks with family involvement themes, research on family involvement in children's early literacy and tools for using storybooks.
www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/storybook/