“Come back home early and read for us!” Enabling father-child shared reading in policy and practice
This project sought to increase fathers’ involvement in their children’s literacy development through interactive shared reading at home. Parent–child home reading is not a traditional practice in the UAE, and reading attainment is below international standards for children attending state schools....
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| author | Kay Gallagher Anna Marie Dillon Sumaya Saqr Claudine Habak Yahia Alramamneh |
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| description | This project sought to increase fathers’ involvement in their children’s literacy development through interactive shared reading at home. Parent–child home reading is not a traditional practice in the UAE, and reading attainment is below international standards for children attending state schools. During workshops in Kindergarten schools, simple techniques were shared with fathers for reading picture books in Arabic and English with their bilingual children. Fathers were provided with books to take home to read for pleasure and for information with their children. Recommendations arising include providing guidance on the selection and provision of diverse, contemporary, culturally relevant picture books; holding nationwide reading workshops for both mothers and fathers; and increasing school-home liaison to encompass parents within the literacy development ecosystem in the UAE. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ee05782d713540c394d12831b75f6df22025-02-05T07:32:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2025-02-011010.3389/feduc.2025.15293821529382“Come back home early and read for us!” Enabling father-child shared reading in policy and practiceKay GallagherAnna Marie DillonSumaya SaqrClaudine HabakYahia AlramamnehThis project sought to increase fathers’ involvement in their children’s literacy development through interactive shared reading at home. Parent–child home reading is not a traditional practice in the UAE, and reading attainment is below international standards for children attending state schools. During workshops in Kindergarten schools, simple techniques were shared with fathers for reading picture books in Arabic and English with their bilingual children. Fathers were provided with books to take home to read for pleasure and for information with their children. Recommendations arising include providing guidance on the selection and provision of diverse, contemporary, culturally relevant picture books; holding nationwide reading workshops for both mothers and fathers; and increasing school-home liaison to encompass parents within the literacy development ecosystem in the UAE.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2025.1529382/fullhome readingUAEliteracy developmentfather-child readinginteractive shared reading |
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| title | “Come back home early and read for us!” Enabling father-child shared reading in policy and practice |
| title_full | “Come back home early and read for us!” Enabling father-child shared reading in policy and practice |
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| title_short | “Come back home early and read for us!” Enabling father-child shared reading in policy and practice |
| title_sort | come back home early and read for us enabling father child shared reading in policy and practice |
| topic | home reading UAE literacy development father-child reading interactive shared reading |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2025.1529382/full |
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