[AAACE-NLA] Mother's skill level

[Sarah Beaman-Jones]

Ok, I need to add some information.  In the Purcell-Gates study, the 
moms' education level varied, but it was the mom who used literacy 
[reading and writing] that affected the child's emerging literacy 
skills.  So if a mom was going to community college, but did all her 
studying after the kids went to bed, her children were not so 
interested in literacy skills.  But, even if a mom did not have a 
high school diploma, if she used literacy for a purpose--even if it 
was just reading the TV Guide and writing grocery lists--then the 
children had higher emerging literacy skills and interest.
-- 
Sarah Beaman-Jones
Literacy Program Developer
LIFT-Missouri
One Post Office Square
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815 Olive Street
St. Louis, MO 63101
1-800-729-4443 
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