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Parent Education for Kindergarten Readiness with Low Income Families

Author : Diane Brogan-Adams
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Parent Education for Kindergarten Readiness with Low Income Families written by Diane Brogan-Adams and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to learn the needs of parents who are involved in the Taking Off To Success program and how the program can meet those needs. The Taking Off to Success program goal is to prepare children for kindergarten. The academic success of children living in poverty is important to the economy of Dayton Ohio and the voice of the parents is vital to helping children succeed.There were three themes presented in the review of the literature: parent education and involvement, early childhood literacy, and social justice. These three areas represented the focus of the Taking Off To Success program goals to assist parents in understanding their role as their child's most important teacher.The mixed methods used in this study included case studies of three mothers involved in the Taking Off To Success program. After the qualitative data were collected a survey was developed and 35 parents from the program completed this survey. This QUAL--quan model (Morse and Niehaus, 2009) was appropriate for this research question.Seven themes were identified during the research. The three main themes included: making friends with other parents, school and the importance of an education, and a need to learn more about parenting specifically in the area of discipline. The four sub-themes were: gaining self-confidence, poverty, listening to others, and mental health.Implications from this study include the need for parent education programming to include a component for building social capital. Parents living in poverty need the knowledge of child development, as well as the need to alleviate the social isolation they feel. Teacher education should require understanding families living in poverty and the daily struggles they face. With this knowledge the teacher in the classroom might become an ally to families, rather than a purveyor of stereotypes of family deficiency.

Predicting Low Income Children's Kindergarten Readiness

Author : Nakeba N. Finlayson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Predicting Low Income Children's Kindergarten Readiness written by Nakeba N. Finlayson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: The current study sought to explore the relationship between four parent variables and children's Early Screening Inventory-Kindergarten (ESI-K) scores among families from low socioeconomic status backgrounds. The four parent variables were 1) parents' perceptions of school readiness, 2) parents' education, and 3) parents' attitudes towards their child's school, 4) the child's early development. The participants were 63 parents and their kindergarten children from three schools in Hillsborough County Florida. Results showed that parents are relatively good predictors of their children's readiness for school, with that variable alone accounting for 18% of the variance in ESI-K scores. The four variables together explained 41% of the variance in children's ESI-K scores. Implications for educators with regard to helping low-income families prepare their children for formal schooling are discussed.

Disparities in School Readiness

Author : Alan Booth
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0805864350
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Disparities in School Readiness written by Alan Booth and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Preparing Children in Low-income Single-parent Households for Kindergarten

Author : Lisa Ann Moeller
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book Preparing Children in Low-income Single-parent Households for Kindergarten written by Lisa Ann Moeller and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research has shown that parenting has a large effect on child outcomes, including kindergarten readiness skills. Kindergarten readiness skills form the foundation for school success. Children living in poverty are more at-risk to start school lagging behind in social, behavior, and cognitive development. A large number of these children living in poverty are growing up in single-parent households. Research shows that positive, involved parenting, including spending time in parent-child activities (e.g., reading, singing, playing games, teaching letters and numbers) can work as a buffer against the negative effects of poverty on children. This thesis contains a literature review which discusses kindergarten readiness skills, parental influences on children's development, the importance of frequency of parent-child activities, and single-parent families. This thesis also contains a manuscript where parent-child activities were explored to determine what impacts a mother's frequency of interactions in cognitively stimulating activities with her child, and how these activities were related to a child's kindergarten readiness skills (e.g., cognitive, behavioral, social). The paper used a subset of data from the longitudinal follow-up of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, where children were between ages 4 and 6 years old and lived in single-parent households. Results showed that stay-at-home mothers and those who displayed cognitive stimulation during play with their children engaged in a significantly higher frequency of activities than others. Also, mothers who were black or white engaged in a higher frequency of activities than mothers who were Hispanic. Other parental and home life variables (e.g., maternal age and education, number of children in home) did not predict the frequency of activities. Frequency of activities significantly predicted a number of child kindergarten readiness skills. Findings show that both quantity and quality of time with parents is important for children's well-being. Implications for the study suggest that parents need to engage their children in cognitively stimulating activities to prepare them for kindergarten.

A Parent Education Program for Low-income Urban Families

Author : Josephine R. Holloway
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book A Parent Education Program for Low-income Urban Families written by Josephine R. Holloway and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The literature review discusses various leadership models as well as kindergarten readiness models that include parent and community involvement in the educational process of young children. The study involved a pre-kindergarten assessment, 13 preschool children and two training sessions for 12 parents. The results showed little improvement between the pre-test and post-test. Parent comments suggested that parents benefited from receiving a training manual and attending the training sessions. One goal of this study was to describe the kind of leadership needed for a child development center in a diverse urban community. The predominant culture being served at the center is African American and the number of teen mothers utilizing the facility is documented. The study clearly calls for an urban leader who has knowledge and skill to work in the urban setting. The effective leader needs an awareness of the various cultural groups, in particular the African American culture, living in the Summit-University and Frogtown neighborhoods. In addition to awareness the urban leader will need to assist staff, families and community with access to appropriate resources that will aide in families having access to educational opportunities that produce positive change. This leader will also, need to be comfortable with being a risk taker to bring about that change."--leaves 4-5.

Parenting and School Readiness in Low-income Families

Author : Carolyn A. Sutter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781303540868
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Parenting and School Readiness in Low-income Families written by Carolyn A. Sutter and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research indicates that differences in parenting quality are associated with a child's school readiness abilities, especially in low-income families. However, the intricacies of this association are not fully understood. The current study examined two possible factors that might add to understanding of this association: 1) context-specific parenting practices, particularly during mealtime, based on the conceptual similarities between mealtime and the classroom as well as research suggesting mealtime is a key arena for socialization, and 2) children's self-regulation as a possible mediator between parenting variables and school readiness. In a sample of 35 Head Start parent-child pairs, authoritarian (high in control, low in child centeredness) parenting practices used during mealtime were predictive of school readiness abilities, but only via a negative association with children's self-regulation. These findings suggest context (particularly mealtime) and child characteristics are relevant to the question of how parenting and school readiness are related.

Helping Low-income Families Through Parent Education

Author : Ivor Kraft
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Helping Low-income Families Through Parent Education written by Ivor Kraft and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Exploring the Relationship Between Home and School Experiences and Kindergarten Readiness for Higher and Lower Income Preschoolers

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Author : Amy M. Boland
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 147 pages
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Download or read book Exploring the Relationship Between Home and School Experiences and Kindergarten Readiness for Higher and Lower Income Preschoolers written by Amy M. Boland and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The main goal of this study was to determine the degree and pattern of relationship between home and school factors and school readiness outcomes for higher and lower income families. Participants in the study were 171 preschoolers, their parents and their preschool teachers. The analyses considered the relationships between school readiness in preschoolers and the following four factors found to be important for preschoolers: 1) quality of home environment, 2) quality of the classroom environment 3) the attachment relationship with parents, and 4) the attachment relationship with teachers. Differences did exist in what contributed to school readiness for higher and lower income preschoolers. For higher income children living in a two-parent household the teacher-child relationship significantly predicted school readiness outcomes. For lower income children the sole predictor of school readiness was what happened in the home: both the security of the parent-child relationship and the quality of the learning activities within the home. Unlike with the higher income sample, no relationship was seen between teacher attachment and school readiness or parent attachment. Possible reasons for and implications of these differences are discussed.

Head Start Impact on Parent Educational Practices and the Influence of Household Risk

Author : Amanda C. Barnes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Head Start Impact on Parent Educational Practices and the Influence of Household Risk written by Amanda C. Barnes and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "School readiness research has indicated parents play salient roles in promoting school readiness skills for their children. However contextual factors such as household risk and quality early care and education programs influence how parents engage in educational practices at home. Quality early care and education settings catering to low-income families can be a protective factor to help parents work to reduce the school readiness gap for their children. This study was designed to investigate how participating in Head Start may impact parents' engagement in educational practices. Drawing on data from the Head Start Impact Study, the current study examined a nationally representative sample of 1,751 low-income parents with Head Start eligible three-year-old children. The current study hypothesized that parents with a child enrolled in Head Start would engage in more educational practices than parents who had a child in another early care arrangement. The study also hypothesized that household risk levels (low, moderate, and high) would moderate the relationship between Head Start participation and parents' educational practices. Specifically, differences in the frequency of educational practices between household risk level homes would be present. Results indicated that participation in Head Start did have significant effect on parent educational practices and parents with a child enrolled in Head Start engaged more frequently in educational practices at home. However, findings revealed household risk did not moderate Head Start's impact on parents. Implications for future research are discussed."--Abstract from author supplied metadata.

Child Care for Low-Income Families

Author : Deborah A. Phillips
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788148702
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book Child Care for Low-Income Families written by Deborah A. Phillips and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child care has become a fact of life for many American families. At the core of current debates about welfare reform and school readiness, child care has moved to the center of discussion about federal policy for children and families. This workshop report addresses the factors affecting patterns of child care use among low-income families; the quality, safety, and continuity of child care and its effects on children's development; the role of child care in families' efforts to prepare for and maintain paid employment; and the structure and consequences of federal child care subsidies. Tables, graphs, and references.

Family-School Partnerships During the Early School Years

Author : Karen L. Bierman
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030746178
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Family-School Partnerships During the Early School Years written by Karen L. Bierman and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents research-based family-school intervention programs that target the specific developmental period of preschool through the early elementary years, focusing on promoting positive child transitions into school. It explores critical intervention issues, including the need to understand mechanisms of efficacy, issues with real-world implementation, and methods for scaling family-school interventions. The volume references developmental research to highlight the importance of family-school partnerships at this critical transition period. Several chapters briefly describe research on proven intervention models that are effective in promoting family-school partnerships as children enter kindergarten and foster positive school outcomes. Each chapter concludes with a review of the most critical next steps in family-school intervention research within the context of the early school years. At the end of the book, several commentary chapters address overall implications for future research and methods for advancing the field, including perspectives on research-informed family-school practices and policies. Not only does the volume highlight interventions that work effectively to engage families with schools, it focuses on identifying critical components and processes that may underlie effective intervention outcomes and offers agendas for future research and intervention diffusion efforts. Key topics of coverage include: Presenting the logic model of the intervention program. Exploring questions concerning critical elements of family-school partnerships that may account for children’s positive outcomes. Discussing the challenges and strategies for scalability and broad diffusion. Family-School Partnerships During the Early School Years is a valuable resource for researchers, professionals and graduate students in child and school psychology, educational policy and politics, family studies, developmental psychology, sociology of education, sociology, and anthropology.

Are We There Yet?

Author : V. Susan Bennett-Armistead
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Are We There Yet? written by V. Susan Bennett-Armistead and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Improving School Readiness Through Parent Education Programming

Author : Alejandra Sofia Albarran
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781303814693
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Improving School Readiness Through Parent Education Programming written by Alejandra Sofia Albarran and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disparities in academic achievement begin in early childhood, before children step foot into a classroom. These early gaps, often along racial and economic lines, widen throughout children's academic careers because children who are well-prepared at entry are able to take full advantage of school, while children who enter less prepared spend more time trying to catch up. Efforts to change these paths must begin in early childhood to ensure that children begin schooling on equal playing fields. One strategy for increasing school readiness is through education services that provide parents with the tangible (e.g., books, materials, and overall resources) and intangible (i.e., laws, networks, and overall knowledge) resources that assist them in preparing their young children and themselves for school. Community-based organizations (CBOs) are one possible mechanism to disseminating resources given that they work with families before children begin school, reach large populations, and tailor services meeting the needs of their communities. Efforts to change early outcomes demonstrate mixed results partially due to an inability to address the ecological processes that affect child. Using document analysis and organizational interviews of eight CBOs and parental interviews with 30 low-income Latino parents and observations of services by two CBOs, this study uncovers how CBOs promote school readiness though parent education services. Investigating how CBOs operate within the Los Angeles area inform early childhood educational reform by providing insight into the mechanisms and impacts CBOs are having on families and children. Analysis of CBO interviews suggests that CBOs provide a holistic approach to parent education services that aim to help parents to become educational advocates on behalf of their children and their communities. Furthermore, observations highlight the important role of the relationship between parents and program facilitators, as well as, between parents in ensure continued involvement and dissemination of educational information. Survey results from parent participants confirm that CBOs have become important resources for obtaining educational information that parents are inspired to share with fellow parents and use to engage schools for the benefit of all children. Finally, these findings point to an advantage out-of-school programs have for in-school change.

Caring Communities

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Kindergarten Readiness

Author : Nancy Cappelloni
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1452241945
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Kindergarten Readiness written by Nancy Cappelloni and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hard truth? Some kids aren't as ready for kindergarten as others, dictated in part by their socioeconomic background and prior learning experiences. And unless we can provide the support these kids need early on, there's a risk they may never catch up. That's where Kindergarten Readiness steps in. It's a ready guidebook to help you equip our youngest students for formal schooling. Covering everything from involving parents to creating developmentally appropriate curriculum, this book will help you Understand the complexities of the transition to kindergarten Implement a successful program of instruction and assessment appropriate for children with various abilities Align your lessons with Common Core kindergarten standards Assess young children's skills and abilities Tailor your program to enrich learning for all students Filled with authentic photos and tools for practice, this is one of the rare resources to combine the latest research with immediately useable ideas and professional development support. Book jacket.

School Readiness Working Group Executive Summary

Author : California. Legislature. Joint Committee to Develop a Master Plan for Education-Kindergarten Through University. School Readiness Working Group
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book School Readiness Working Group Executive Summary written by California. Legislature. Joint Committee to Develop a Master Plan for Education-Kindergarten Through University. School Readiness Working Group and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Influence of Family Demographics and Individual Factors on School Readiness

Author : Guadalupe Díaz
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book The Influence of Family Demographics and Individual Factors on School Readiness written by Guadalupe Díaz and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English Language Learners (ELLs) represent a culturally and linguistically diverse population in US schools. ELLs enter kindergarten with a range of academic and self-regulation skills, but can face multiple challenges navigating the school context (Zwiers, 2013). Previous research documents that low-income ELLs lagged behind in academic achievement, self-regulation, and English language proficiency when compared to non-ELLs (Fuligni & Howes, 2011; Good, Masewicz & Vogel, 2010; Genesee, Lindholm-Leary, Saunders, 2006; Wanless, McClelland, Tominey & Acock, 2011). Additionally, evidence suggests that family demographic factors, such as parent education, residential mobility, and mother’s employment influence low-income ELLs’ school readiness. This dissertation expands on current literature by exploring these relations in a sample of low-income preschoolers and kindergartners using data from a research-based longitudinal study (the Kindergarten Readiness Study; study 1), and a large statewide assessment in Oregon (the Oregon Kindergarten Assessments; study 2). The first study examined 1) how three demographic factors—parent education, residential mobility, and mother’s employment—were related to the school readiness (early literacy, early math, and inhibitory control) of low-income children in preschool; and 2) how these relations might vary as a function of ELL status. Results indicated that after controlling for age, gender, study location, ELL status, and ethnicity, parent education had a significant and positive relation to early math and early literacy, but not to inhibitory control. The relation between residential mobility and early math, however, varied as a function of ELL status. Specifically, children who were ELLs scored significantly lower on early math for each additional residential move compared to children who were not ELLs. There was not a statistically significant relation between mother’s employment, residential mobility and school readiness (early math, early literacy, and inhibitory control). The relations between residential mobility and early literacy and inhibitory control did not vary as a function of ELL status, nor did the relation between parent education, and mother’s employment, and school readiness. The second study 1) compared how low-income Spanish-speaking ELLs performed on the Oregon statewide Kindergarten Assessments (early literacy, early math and self-regulation) when compared to low-income non-ELLs; and 2) explored the relations between English language proficiency and performance on kindergarten assessment for low-income Spanish-speaking ELLs. Results indicated that after controlling for ethnicity and gender, non-ELLs performed significantly higher than Spanish-Speaking ELLs in early math (administered in English for non-ELLs and Spanish for Spanish-Speaking ELLs) and early literacy (letter names & letter sounds; administered in English for both non-ELLs and Spanish-Speaking ELLs). Differences in self-regulation skills were not statistically significant between Spanish-Speaking ELLs and non-ELLs. Furthermore, children with higher English language proficiency scored significantly higher on measures of early literacy, early math, and self-regulation at beginning of kindergarten compared to children with lower English language proficiency. Overall, results provide an understanding of the influence of family demographic factors and individual factors on low-income Spanish-speaking ELLs’ school readiness. These results can be used to inform policy and practice aimed at supporting low-income Spanish-speaking ELLs and their families as they enter formal schooling.