Program for parents helps sustain learning gains in kids from Head Start to kindergarten

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/nksn-pfp101615.php

Public Release: 20-Oct-2015
Program for parents helps sustain learning gains in kids from Head Start to kindergarten
NIH-funded study shows involving parents sets the stage for later academic success
NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

An instructional program for parents helps young children retain the literacy skills and positive learning behaviors acquired in Head Start through to the end of the kindergarten year, according to researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health.

The program appears to offset what education researchers call "summer loss," or the tendency of children to forget during summer break what they learned during the previous year.

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