TY  - JOUR
N2  - This paper explores the changing roles of families in children?s developing literacy in the UK in the last century. It discusses how, during this time, understandings of reading and writing have evolved into the more nuanced notion of literacy. Further, in acknowledging changes in written communication practices, and shifting attitudes to reading and writing, the paper sketches out how families have always played some part in the literacy of younger generations; though reading was frequently integral to the lives of many families throughout the past century, we consider in particular the more recent enhancement of children?s literacy through targeted family programmes. The paper considers policy implications for promoting young children?s literacy through work with families.
SN  - 1741-2919
SP  - 551
AV  - public
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1468798416645385
ID  - discovery10072009
N1  - © The Author(s) 2016. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
JF  - Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
KW  - Literacy
KW  -  reading
KW  -  writing
KW  -  family literacy
KW  -  early childhood
KW  -  young children
A1  - Nutbrown, C
A1  - Clough, P
A1  - Levy, R
A1  - Little, S
A1  - Bishop, J
A1  - Lamb, T
A1  - Yamada-Rice, D
EP  - 569
IS  - 4
Y1  - 2017/12//
TI  - Families? roles in children?s literacy in the UK throughout the 20th century
VL  - 17
ER  -