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Contents contributed and discussions participated by K Spain

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Adult Literacy Linked To Parent Involvement - 0 views

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    A study shows that a parents literacy affects their involvement in their child's school. The parents that have a high literacy level are twice as like to be invovled than parents with a lower literacy level. This article really shows the affects parents have on their kid's education.
K Spain

Development in early literacy skills during the pre-kindergarten year in Head Start: Re... - 0 views

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    Children's literacy is very important and can even predict a child's academic success at a young age. There are educational programs, like Head Start, to help children learn literacy skills before they go to kintergarten. Kids that have a knowledge of the letters and how they sound are able to be much better writers.
K Spain

Increased Family Involvement in School Predicts Improved Child-Teacher Relationships an... - 0 views

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    This article is about how when parents increase their involvment in their child's school, this creates a better relationship between the student and teacher. With this new relationship also bring better literacy and math skills for the student. The students change their attitude about school and actually want to go. This is why it important for low income families to get involved in the schools.
K Spain

The effect of family poverty on children - 0 views

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    This article is about a study done on low income families. They have proven that when parents are in poverty it affects their children in a negative way. The study shows that these children are more likely to grow up to be low income when they are adults. Parents that are low income have to deal with many problems and don't have time to help their children get a good education.
K Spain

Children & Families - 0 views

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    A study show that children who go to childcare center have better test score and do better in school. These kids are prepared to go the kindergarten and they are the ones that continuously have success in school. This also talks about how when mothers start working and get off welfare, their child has better mental healt and begins to do better in school.
K Spain

Parent Involvement in Reading - 0 views

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    This article is about how parents play a major role in a child's development of literacy. It tells you different programs to help parents communicate and get involved. Your child's academic success depends on their literacy so parents need to be active in this process.
K Spain

Teaching literacy skills to preschoolers without spending a bundle - 0 views

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    This article talks about how researchers are say that now more than ever it is more important to help with your child's literacy development. It is never to early to begin the process of teaching you toddler to read and write. The article give some easy inexpensive ways to help you child learn this.
K Spain

Strengthening the Ties Between Title I and Family Literacy - 0 views

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    This article is about how when school and parents work together the child will be successful not only at school but throughout life. They have done a study for 30 years proving this. The main topic of this article is family literacy services and how they help children.
K Spain

Parent-child pre-school activities can affect the development of literacy skills - 0 views

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    Thia article is about a study done on the connection between parents ready to their children and their development of literacy. It says that the children that were read to a year later had become more literate. This is a very interesting study.
K Spain

The Contribution of Parenting to Ethnic and Racial Gaps in School Readiness - 0 views

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    This article talks about how race and ethics differs the way parents talk to their children. It shows that white mothers are more likely to talk and read to their children every day than black and hispanic mothers. It talks about how this affects the childrens readiness and there is a 20 to 25 precent gap with children that are white and other minority.
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