Family Time Online – Literature Review

We are pleased to share a literature review conducted by Dr. Pam Whitty for the Literacy Coalition. This scan covers areas relevant to our Family Literacies Online project, including:

• Emergence of and current thinking on family literacies
• Home as a literacy learning environment
• Sharing  books with babies and toddlers
• Young children’s digital literacies
• Young children’s learning, resources and moving online

Read the full review by clicking here or scroll down to see the document (note: navigate through the document below with the arrow buttons on the document).

The following position statement from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College, adopted in January 2012, discusses children and technology/interactive media. Read it by clicking below:

Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 – A joint position statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College