Family Literacy Ideas

As mentioned in Chapter 10, family literacy is extremely important. It helps students to develop strong literature skills, and get the support they need both in and outside of school. Sometimes though, the pressure of at home literacy can be too much for parents. They do not know where to begin, or do not have enough time everyday to sit down with their child to provide the adequate modeling needed. This can be very stressful for parents. Especially when all parents want their children to succeed. This article I found titled, Parent Involvement in Early Literacy, provides a great beginning outline for parents. It can be overwhelming  to have the  responsibility of helping your child develop literacy outside of school, especially when you have had no experience doing so. This is a great article that points out many easy ways in which parents can promote literacy within the home without becoming stressed. Even if you do not always have time during the day to help your child this is a great tool for whoever your child is with, or even for your child to try and complete on their own. Providing at home literacy does not have to be anything extremely elaborate. By just providing simple materials like environmental text is a great way to expose children to literacy. This is also a great article that teachers can use. Teachers could use this as a guideline to send home with parents or to even use within the early childhood classrooms. Early Literature is important, and does not have to be something that is a burden on families. This is a time for a family to come together, and to learn and grow from each one another.