Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Spring 1997
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Timothy W. Young
Second Committee Member
Osman Alawiye
Third Committee Member
Franklin D. Carlson
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to increase the literacy skills of preschoolers through family involvement activities. Research on the factors that contribute to early literacy and ways that parents can be involved in the literacy development of their child was examined. Two workshops were designed based on this research which suggests that the development of literacy is a gradual process which occurs long before the child enters school. Two workshops were designed to provide parents with ideas. The first was to show how to create a literacy rich environment in their home, the second, to show how parents can become involved with their child's education by establishing a working relationship with the school. Ten take-home literacy activities were designed to further increase parent involvement in the literacy learning of their preschooler.
Recommended Citation
Olson, Andrea R., "Parent Workshops to Build Early Literacy in Preschoolers" (1997). All Graduate Projects. 530.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/530