Family Support for Early Literacy and Numeracy: Examining Events in the Home and Community

Autor/in	Kennedy, Anne
Titel	Family Support for Early Literacy and Numeracy: Examining Events in the Home and Community
Quelle	In: Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, (2010) 191, S.18-21 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0164-8527
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Family Programs; Numeracy; Young Children; Foreign Countries; Emergent Literacy; Mathematics Skills; Reading Skills; Family Environment; School Community Relationship; Preschool Teachers; Child Development; Family School Relationship; Learning Activities; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Family program; Familienprogramm; Rechenkompetenz; Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Frühleseunterricht; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Familienmilieu; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Kindesentwicklung; Lernaktivität; Australien
Abstract	Early childhood educators often make assumptions about the nature of families' understandings and what they do at home to support their young children's literacy and numeracy development and learning. Sometimes educator's have a limited understanding of children's every day experiences at home or in their community and the potential for these to support early literacy and numeracy learning and development. As a member of a research team that examined the nature of family beliefs and practices concerned with early literacy and numeracy in Melbourne, Australia, the author shares some insights gained from the project. These insights can provide early childhood educators with ideas on how to build on and support family practices in literacy and numeracy. High-quality early childhood programs are built on an understanding of the lives of the children and families served and bridge home and school environments. In this article, the author describes their efforts to gather information about children's home and community environments and use this to inform their practices, as well as to build relationships with families. (Contains 9 resources and 5 online resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10