Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g26Jt4u24217; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 14:55:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 14:55:04 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3C86736E.3889.1A54C46@localhost> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "PETER HANNON" <P.Hannon@sheffield.ac.uk> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:850] Rhymes and reading ability - resonse to treasure hunt X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Status: O Content-Length: 1556 Lines: 56 The research you're probably thinking of was reported by Maclean, M., Bryant, P., and Bradley, L. (1987) Rhymes, nursery rhymes, and reading in early childhood. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 33 (3), pp.255-281. Implications of this research for family literacy were touched on in Hannon, P. (1995) Literacy, Home and School. London: Falmer Press. Good luck, Peter Hannon Date sent: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:24:19 -0500 (EST) Send reply to: nifl-family@nifl.gov From: "Kimberly Sutherland" <ksflf@sympatico.ca> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:846] Re: Funding concern discussions > This is a request of all NIFL discussion participants, or perhaps I > should call it a 'treasure hunt'. > > Not long ago I read somewhere that research has shown that a child's > knowledge of songs and rhymes at age 3 can be directly related to that > child's ability to read at the age of 6. > > For the life of me I cannot find the source for that little nugget and > I would like to read more about the particular research that was > undertaken around it. Can anybody direct me to the source? Thanks so > much for digging! > > Kimberly Sutherland > Family Literacy Focus > 7 Gossamer Avenue > Toronto, ON > Canada M2M 2X1 > > Tel: 416-226-1627 > Fax: 416-226-3591 > ksflf@sympatico.ca > ------------------------ Professor Peter Hannon Department of Educational Studies University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2JA England Tel. 0114 222 8117 Fax. 0114 279 6236
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