EMERGENT LITERACY
Literacy Practices in Family Settings
  • Parents reading to their children

  • "Dialogic" reading (making children an active part of shared book reading by asking questions)
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  • Home visitation programs (i.e., HIPPY) [depends on level of involvement of parents, and intensity and quality of the program for literacy activities]

  • Family literacy programs (i.e., Even Start) [increases in adult GED attainment and number of books in the home, but no impacts on children's literacy; effects are dependent on intensity of program and level of participation by families]
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  • Providing low-income families with books (i.e., Reach Out and Read)
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    Literacy Practices in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
  • Teaching children the alphabet and letter sound associations

  • One-on-one or small group interactions around book reading

  • Phonological training (i.e., separating individual sounds in words, rhyming) combined with "dialogic" reading (making children an active part of shared bookreading by asking questions, etc.)
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