18.042 - Home Learning Activities and Family Engagement Across Preschool and Kindergarten

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session includes three papers that examine home-based learning activities during preschool and kindergarten. The studies focus on variability across different SES groups (paper 1), across the transition from preschool to kindergarten (paper 2), and on the home literacy experiences of Spanish-speaking families (paper 3). Specifically, the first paper examines the added value of home learning activities during the preschool years; the second paper considers family involvement during the transition from preschool to kindergarten; and the last paper looks at the home literacy environment of Spanish-speaking Latino families. A discussant will synthesize findings from the papers and time for questions/discussion will be reserved at the end.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Early Education and Child Development

Chair

• Meghan McCormick, MDRC

Papers

• The Added Value of Learning Activities at Home During the Preschool Year - Christina Weiland, University of Michigan; Amanda Ketner, University of Michigan - School of Education; Meghan McCormick, MDRC; JoAnn Hsueh, MDRC

• Stability and Variability in Family Involvement Across the Preschool-Kindergarten Transition - Maureen Myrtil, The Ohio State University - Columbus; Laura M. Justice, The Ohio State University; Kelly Purtell, The Ohio State University; Jessica Logan, The Ohio State University - Columbus; Tzu-Jung Lin, The Ohio State University

• The Home Literacy Environment of Spanish-Speaking Latino Families With Kindergarten Children - Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado, University of Michigan; Ann A. O'Connell, The Ohio State University

Discussant

• Erin E. O'Connor, New York University