Kindytxt: A free text messaging program for kindergarten children and families

Authors

Lennie Barblett, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Nicola Johnson, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Caroline Barratt-Pugh, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Susan Hill, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Report

Publisher

Edith Cowan University

School

School of Education

Funders

Ian Potter Foundation / Fogarty Foundation

Comments

Barblett, L., Johnson, N. F., Barratt-Pugh, C. & Hill, S. (2022). Kindytxt: A free text messaging program for kindergarten children and families. Final report for the Ian Potter Foundation and the Fogarty Foundation. Edith Cowan University.

https://doi.org/10.25958/j3nx-4472

Abstract

• This project focused on developing, delivering and evaluating a literacy text-messaging program for parents / carers with a child at kindergarten in WA.
• Texts were delivered weekly over 30 weeks, in collaboration with Better Beginnings. Families were invited to participate through a flyer in the book gifting bag delivered by local librarians to families attending kindergarten across Western Australia.
• Kindergarten teachers and librarians from 16 LGAs attended workshops to establish kindergarten-family library partnerships, along with the production and evaluation of a partnership framework and implementation materials.
• Evaluation involved all participants, with in-depth data collected from participants in six communities.

DOI

10.25958/j3nx-4472