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Family Engagement in Literacy: Summer Ideas to Promote Family Engagement in Literacy Education
By Laurie Elish-Piper
Document: Column
Introductory Paragraph: With summer approaching, it is a wonderful time to encourage family engagement in literacy education. To support that goal, specific ideas for families with children from the early grades through high school are offered throughout this column. I am hopeful that teachers can use these ideas in newsletters and other communications with families to support children’s literacy learning and experiences during the summer. Family engagement plays a key role in children’s development as readers and writers, and research shows that when families participate in literacy activities with their children, students benefit academically and in other ways such as in their attitude toward school and setting higher goals for achievement (Castro et al., 2015; Smith et al., 2020). Furthermore, when children engage in reading, writing, and learning during the summer, they can practice, apply, and retain their learning over the summer to be ready when school resumes in the fall (Quinn & Polikoff, 2017; Schwartz et al., 2018). In this column, I will discuss three broad strategies for supporting summer reading, writing, and learning for families with children of all ages: (1) using libraries, (2) building a reading habit, and (3) playing games and doing fun activities. These strategies use readily available resources and are easy for families to use to involve their school-age children in reading, writing, and learning in the summer.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33600/IRCJ.52.3.2024.46
Page Numbers: 46-49
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