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.
Keywords
[ECUPub], literacy, text message, kindergarten, Better Beginnings, library, Western Australia, teachers, librarians, parents, carers, evaluation, community
Document Type
Report
Date of Publication
2022
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