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Story Time: Helpful Skills for Pre-Literacy

Sharing books is a great way to help your child learn to read and write. But there is something just as important that you can do every day that will help children grow on their pathway to becoming future readers–sharing stories through everyday conversations.

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Mommy, Is This OK?

References:

Bergin, C. (2001). The parent-child relationship during beginning reading. Journal of Literacy Research, 33(4), 681-706.

Burns, M. S., Griffin, P., & Snow, C. E. (Eds.). (1999). Starting out right: A guide to promoting children’s reading success. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Gray, J. W. (1997). Story re-visions: Tales for the future. In Visionquest: Journeys toward visual literacy. Selected readings from the annual conference of the international visual literacy association (pp. 291-295). Cheyenne, WY.

Phillips, L. (1999). The role of storytelling in early literacy development. Retrieved March 2006 from http://www.australianstorytelling.org.au/txt/childhd.php.