Bookbabies, their parents and the library: an evaluation of a Flemish reading programme in families with young children

Vanobbergen, Bruno; Daems, M; Tilburg, Sarah Van

doi:10.1080/00131910903045922

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“…Children will see reading as an enjoyable process and become familiar with the skills that make them ''preschool ready''. Having books and resources readily available will allow them easy opportunities to read and practice their skills at home (Morrow 2001;Vanobbergen et al 2009;Weigel et al 2006).…”

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Developing Reading Partnerships Between Parents and Children: A Reflection on the Reading Together Program

Sukhram

Hsu

2012

Early Childhood Educ J

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Early reading exposure is important in setting a foundation for students to acquire the basic literacy skills that set them up for school and life success. More importantly, parent involvement at an early age is a critical component of reading skills development. This report presents an overview of the Reading Together Program that introduced families of young children ages 6-36 months in a community-based setting to the necessary skills, techniques, and resources to enhance their knowledge of how to effectively develop a reading partnership with their children. Additionally, this free reading program that was sponsored by a faculty development grant invited parents to play an active role in their children's reading journey. Results indicated that parents understood and appreciated the value of early reading habits, and would continue to nurture the reading relationship with their children. This article also presents responses of the initial and final reading perception surveys as well as implications for future research and practice.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing Reading Partnerships Between Parents and Children: A Reflection on the Reading Together Program

Sukhram

Hsu

2012

Early Childhood Educ J

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“…Another library-based distribution program is Bookbabies, based in Finland [111]. The objective of this program is to encourage "having fun with books," a slogan chosen so as not to intimidate parents and one that is consistent with the self-reported effects of the Babies Need Books program.…”

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How Reading Books Fosters Language Development around the World

Dickinson

Griffith

Golinkoff

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Child Development Research

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Research on literacy development is increasingly making clear the centrality of oral language to long-term literacy development, with longitudinal studies revealing the continuity between language ability in the preschool years and later reading. The language competencies that literacy builds upon begin to emerge as soon as children begin acquiring language; thus, the period between birth and age three also is important to later literacy. Book reading consistently has been found to have the power to create interactional contexts that nourish language development. Researchers, pediatricians, and librarians have taken notice of the potential for interventions designed to encourage parents to read with their children. This article reviews research on the connections between language and later reading, environmental factors associated with language learning, and interventions developed in varied countries for encouraging book use by parents of young children.

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“…All of these studies report positive outcomes and views among the parents, children and professionals involved with the programme (see Moore and Wade, 2003 for a review of the literature). Furthermore, these positive programme perceptions have been replicated in several other studies of international versions of book gifting programmes which have been stimulated by 'Bookstart' (Kovalik, 2010;Vanobbergena et al, 2009). However, on investigation of this literature, there are no known RCT evaluations of Bookstart making it difficult to accurately gauge the effects that this programme may be having on family reading outcomes.…”

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A cluster randomised controlled trial of “Bookstart+”: a book gifting programme

O’Hare

Connolly

2014

Journal of Children's Services

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Structured Abstract:Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a free book gifting programme, called 'Bookstart+', in improving family reading outcomes. Design and methodologyBookstart+ consists of a pack of books and reading materials provided to families at their two year old child's statutory health visit. The pack is accompanied by a short priming demonstration, delivered by the health visitor, on shared reading. The evaluation took the form of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) with 460 families from the client lists of 115 health visitors. FindingsThe study found evidence of: a positive significant effect on parents' attitudes to reading and books (Cohen's d = +.192, p=.034); no significant effect on parental attitudes to their child reading (d = +.085, p=.279); and a negative effect, approaching significance, on public library usage (d = -.160, p=.055). Research limitations/implicationsThe attrition rate was high with only 43.9% of the target families completing all of the research. However, this level of attrition did not lead to any significant differences between the control and intervention groups on their pre-test measures. Practical implicationsThe study provides recommendations for free book gifting service provision in relation to pack contents and delivery. Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the limited international RCT evidence on free book gifting programmes.

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Bookbabies, their parents and the library: an evaluation of a Flemish reading programme in families with young children

Cited by 21 publications

References 11 publications

Developing Reading Partnerships Between Parents and Children: A Reflection on the Reading Together Program

Developing Reading Partnerships Between Parents and Children: A Reflection on the Reading Together Program

How Reading Books Fosters Language Development around the World

A cluster randomised controlled trial of “Bookstart+”: a book gifting programme

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