share your intellectual passions - Hobart and William Smith Colleges
share your intellectual passions - Hobart and William Smith Colleges
share your intellectual passions - Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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THE KINDERGARTEN LITERACY INITIATIVE PROJECTKatherine MarshallThis project was developed in response to a request from members of an upstate New Yorkcommunity for a better underst<strong>and</strong>ing of how literacy levels of incoming kindergarten studentsrelate to the home reading environment.One hundred <strong>and</strong> twenty-one kindergarten students <strong>and</strong> their parents participated in this study.Parents were asked various questions about the home literacy environment <strong>and</strong> baseline literacyscores were collected from each student’s file.Results showed that a number of different variables, including number of books in the home,parental <strong>and</strong> child reading habits, parental education <strong>and</strong> household income level had an impacton children’s baseline literacy skills. Future research is needed to determine which aspects of thehome literacy environment are most important to address in intervention programs for families inthe community.33
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