Beginning reading: A balanced approach to teaching literacy during the first three years of school
A research-based guide to teaching reading in the first three years of school
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Beginning reading instruction: Towards levelling the playing field
A comparison of the reading-related test scores of 7 children before and after an 8 week shared reading intervention, based on data collected from 6 voluntary participant low income families living in a small city in New South Wales
Reports & Papers
Beginning with names: Using children's names to facilitate early literacy learning
A discussion of developmentally appropriate activities using beginning readers’ and writers’ names to develop phonemic awareness, conventions of print, the alphabetic principle, letter/word recognition, and writing skills with young children
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Between the Lions American Indian Head Start Literacy Initiative: Final narrative report
An overview of an initiative to increase English Language literacy skills of children in Native American communities in New Mexico by using the “Between the Lions” television program as part of the curriculum in Head Start classrooms
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Between the Lions American Indian Head Start Literacy Initiative: Final narrative report [Executive summary]
A summary of an overview of an initiative to increase English Language literacy skills of children in Native American communities in New Mexico by using the “Between the Lions” television program as part of the curriculum in Head Start classrooms
Executive Summary
Between the Lions and literacy outcomes: The role of literacy manipulatives and parasocial relationships
A research update of a study of the impact of viewing Between the Lions, an educational television program, and of the additional impact of various literacy manipulatives, on the early language and literacy development of preschool and early elementary school children, based on pre- and post-intervention assessments of children in treatment and control classrooms
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Between the Lions: Mississippi Literacy Initiative
An investigation of the effect of an early literacy program based on the “Between the Lions” television series on the reading skills of children from low-income communities (including Native American communities) in Mississippi
Reports & Papers
Between the Lions: Mississippi Literacy Initiative [Executive summary]
A summary of an investigation of the effect of an early literacy program based on the “Between the Lions” television series on the reading skills of children from low-income communities (including Native American communities) in Mississippi
Executive Summary
Between The Lions Mississippi Literacy Initiative: Project overview and research findings
An overview of an investigation of the effect of an early literacy program based on the “Between the Lions” television series on the reading skills of children from low-income communities (including Native American communities) in Mississippi
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Beyond looking backward: Child care and the hypothetical extraction method
Eight case studies examining the linkages from staff development, to teacher use of instructional strategies, to the performance of K-3 students in early literacy skills of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension
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Beyond the pages of a book: Interactive book reading and language development in preschool classrooms
An article on the effects of an interactive reading intervention on the language skills of preschool children.
Reports & Papers
A book reading intervention with preschool children who have limited vocabularies: The benefits of regular reading and dialogic reading
A study of the effects of storybook reading on the acquisition of vocabulary for preschool children who have poor vocabulary skills
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Books and Good Stuff: A strategy for building school to home literacy connections
A description of the Books and Good Stuff (BAGS) program, and a discussion of its use in the support of family literacy practices
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Books make a difference: A study of access to literacy
An examination of Books Aloud, an early literacy intervention and the project’s impact on children’s early literacy skills
Reports & Papers
The Boots Books for Babies project: Impact on library registrations and book loans
An overview of the Boots Books for Babies project, which was designed to increase awareness with parents and caregivers of infants of the importance of shared book reading with infants and an evaluation of the impact of the project on the number of infants registering as members of participating libraries
Reports & Papers
Bridging the Gap: Improving literacy outcomes for Indigenous students
An evaluation of an at-home family book reading intervention designed to provide aboriginal children with the prerequisite literacy skills for school entry
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Bright Futures Early Reading First: Year three summary evaluation report
An evaluation of the Bright Futures Early Reading First project, which provides professional support to teachers implementing early literacy curricula in Madison Parish, Louisiana, that examined children's literacy outcomes, professional development and classroom quality, and parent involvement
Reports & Papers
Bringing it all together: The multiple origins, skills, and environmental supports of early literacy
A study of the origins, skills and environmental supports of early language and literacy
Reports & Papers
Building a literacy community: The role of literacy and social practice in early childhood programs
A study of ways to strengthen existing literacy practices for children, families, and teachers in both rural and urban child care settings, based on qualitative studies of a publicly funded child care center in Northern California and two Head Start programs in the Midwest
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Building strong literacy foundations, birth to three years
A demonstration of early literacy outcomes associated with the Support at Home for Early Language and LiteracieS (SHELLS) program for families with children aged birth to three in disadvantaged areas of Australia, based on interviews conducted with 69 participants in 2003
Reports & Papers
Building strong Ready to Learn outreach
A substudy of the comprehensive evaluation of Ready to Learn, a program in which Public Broadcasting Service member stations broadcast a mandated number of hours of children's programming, and coordinators at each station engage in outreach activities to facilitate the use of this programming as an educational tool, with a focus on coordinators' outreach activities and their views on a Ready to Learn professional development seminar
Reports & Papers
Case studies of First 5 School Readiness Initiative: Promising programs and practices: A focus on early literacy
An inquiry into the ways in which school readiness (SR) initiative programs promote early literacy among children, based on case studies of First 5 School Readiness Initiative programs from 10 sites across California
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A case study analysis of an after-school mathematics program with a children's literature component
A case study using qualitative methods to examine the implementation and design of an after school program that incorporated literature within a mathematics curriculum
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A case study of children's literacy development in a voluntary pre-kindergarten classroom
A study of oral language and literacy development strategies and opportunities available to at risk 4-year-old children in a public voluntary pre-kindergarten, and a comparison of children's expressive and receptive vocabulary and early reading development both prior to and after one year in the program, based on data from 3 teachers and 13 children in one inclusive classroom
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Case study of a successful rural Early Reading First implementation
A case study of the implementation of an Early Reading Frist program in rural Twiggs County
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