The Importance Of The Home Environment In Early Literacy Development

Discussion - Coupled with common sense and classroom experience, research shows that parental involvement is crucial in improving reading and literacy skills in children from preschool through adolescence. It appears that babies who are spoken to more by caregivers, or have music or patterns played

It is critical for a parent to be involved in their children’s education because it is important for a child to have knowledge. Parents often help toddlers develop early academic skills by reading books to them or helping them learn their ABCs and numbers. When a child starts school, parents should communicate with their child’s teachers and keep track of their academic progress. Parents of older children should focus on teaching their children independent study

When kids reach the age where learning begins parents now and days have a concern of whether to home school their kids or send them to a public school. Both are good methods in developing a good education for a child. But also have differences in techniques of teaching and environmental differences. Parents have to think about the cost, the way the child learns being in a social environment, and also be aware of what their child is learning in the street. We will see how home schooling and or public schooling have different effect on a child’s education. The choice of public schooling and or home schooling is a personal serious decision for many parents.

The single most significant factor influencing a child’s early educational success and achievement is an introduction to books and being read to at home prior to beginning school. Parents must be literate to help their children succeed.

In the world of Early Elementary Education, it is important to collaborate with not only the students but also the families of students, and keep them informed about the everyday routines of school life. In 1st grade, the students and families are excited, but also scared, to be acclimated to new school hours. This is necessary to the overall academic performance, and outcomes of all students, as well as helping families and students come together. When educators and families develop good collaboration skills, many positive factors can happen. This includes academic achievement increasing, disciplinary problems decreasing, and attendance increasing. In the article “8 Tips for a Great Parent Communication Plan,” by Nikkie

This literature review is my work in progress for my master`s final project at Washington State University. My chair Dr.Tom Salsbury recommended some of the articles that I included in this literature review. The key words are engagement, motivation, English language Learners, reading, struggling readers, parent involvement, home literacy, literacies, home-school connections, and funds of knowledge.

It is important for parents to be involved because they are the people that the kids are looking up to. This being said, without their support and help through their kids learning process they might now need to see the need to keep working or pushing themselves. An article by Lesley Mandel Marrow and John Young says, “a child’s success in school literacy program often depends on the experience he or she have at home” (Marrow Young 1). They spoke of a program that was designed to for the parents so that they have to capability and resources to help their children in their academics. It brought teachers, students and their parents together to help develop the students learning process. This test had very positive results for the group

Senechal (1996) study show that students’ achievement level in reading improved when they had early exposure to storybook and early literacy in the home (Senechal, 1996). This study examined whether storybook, reading and the amount of teaching in reading and writing skills, provided by parents in the home would enhance the language skills and

Parental involvement is very important to the physical and mental growth of a child, but is early literacy and parental involvement important? Is reading to your child and having an environment that supports literacy important? The answer to these questions is yes. In the article Literacy development begins at home, with a literate home environment by Laura J. Colker, she talks about how important literacy is and how much of an impact it has on the child’s growth in reading. Researchers have found that it is just as important to read and write in the home as it is in school (Colker, 2014)

I read a text called The importance of families and the home environment by Jennifer Cole and the National Literacy Trust. Jennifer Cole talks about how child's family and home environment has a strong impact on his or her language and speech development and school achievement. A parent or parents are a child's first form of educator. Cole writes about how social economic statues, family size, and parents education impact an child's home environment. The conveyed that education polices should not limit and only aim to improve literacy standards when children on spend a small percentage of their lives in school, yet polices should aim to embrace the idea of family as a whole and to get parents and guardians to be involved with him or her early.

When separation threatens the relationship of two sisters, they make a goal to learn how to read and write but only Nettie had the ability to attend school she declared that “she will….’just have to go to school and learn for the both of them.’” Many cultures have different aspects of who can learn certain topics and what is an appropriate level for different individuals that can have a major influence on the cognitive development. The journal article, “All in the Family: Connecting Home and School with Family Literacy,” described of how children’s brains are like clay that can be molded and shaped in certain ways forming to the cultures approve behavior. There is no age limit on when children begin to read or begin learning, and parents have many opportunities to try new techniques to teach their child reading depending on culture believes. Every culture has different believes and strategies but these are technique that I have found can be applicable for many different cultures starting within the home.

Through this week learning resources, I have learned that there are evidences that demonstrate that when a child has limited experiences he or she is more likely to have difficult comprehending what is read. It is why early childhood professionals affirm that oral language is the foundation for literacy development. Everything that children learn about speaking and listening they use for writing and reading and what they learn from writing and reading they use in listening and speaking. In other words, oral language and literacy develop simultaneously. When parents provide rich language and literacy reinforcement at home, children do better in school than those who do not. It is also known for early childhood professionals that for a child with limited experiences is more difficult comprehending what is read. For example, a child who has being exposed to many environments like a farm or like a museum will have more mentally engagement in classrooms activities about things he or she already know that children who have not had experience in those environments. Many researches showed that children that have not have a literacy development or an oral language development years before formal schooling, are less likely to be successful beginning readers, opening an achievement lag that might last through the primary grades. Some of the reasons why parents are not actively involved into their children’s educations are their socioeconomic or legal status. For example, in an immigrant family sometimes both parents have to work and sometimes they have to work two shifts. I have known families where children are the whole day in school and with nannies. Those children do not develop any skills that help them to succeed at the time of attending forming school.

This study took into account the students’ mobility and the negative relationship it has on students’ reading and math scores. This study determined that grade retention was lowered with early intervention. This research was conducted on low-income students in the Chicago inner city. The early intervention for students not only provided academic teaching, it also provided help for the families of the children in the program. This, in turn, helped the families to improve their home-life and the academic well-being of the family. The study proved that providing extended training for the students helped promote stability for the students which also helped with their academic growth. Students achieved more when they stayed in an environment that was consistent from year to year. Another finding and positive effect that pre-k had on students was that it provided them a good start and with a positive learning environment. All of these practices including the early intervention was a part of the preschool

Creating a literacy-rich environment is one of the key elements of supporting children’s literacy development. Literacy-rich classrooms tend to look quite different than the traditional classroom, covered in pre-made posters and arranged with individual desks in rows, and instead, allow for teachers to design their classrooms with their students’ needs in mind. According to an article on the Sadlier School’s blog, all elements in a classroom must be meaningful, intentional, purposeful, and engaging when creating a literacy-rich classroom. This means that classroom design is created in a way that it provides frequent opportunities to be exposed to text via environmental print, instruction, and hands-on learning as well as encouraging communication and collaboration (Sadlier School, 2017).

Parental involvement in education is necessary in order for children to be successful when learning how to read. Children who lack support from their parents and guardians often have difficulty advancing in school, and those who do have parental support and positive home literacy experiences often find academic success at an early age. Children are expected to become fluent readers, and a foundation for reading must be established at an early age with the support of a child’s parents or guardians. Reading activities at home and the influence a parent has on their child is beneficial for young children in so many ways, and at home, parents can reinforce what is being taught at school with their children in order to create a better understanding of learned curriculum and reading skills. Strong parental support in education is an important aspect of a child’s reading development because print rich