[AAACE-NLA] Mother's skill level

[Sarah Beaman-Jones]

While it is true,  "the single most effective predictor of children's 
literacy is mother's
education level" is frequently quoted, there has been some 
interesting research in this area.  Victoria Purcell-Gates researched 
the effect of mothers' educational level on the children's emergent 
literacy skills.  What she discovered is that it was in the homes 
where children saw their mother use her literacy skills for useful 
purposes [read the TV guide, write a grocery list] that the children 
developed literacy skills.  They saw reading as "useful."
-- 
Sarah Beaman-Jones
Literacy Program Developer
LIFT-Missouri
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