Home-School Connection

This is a guide to information currently available through the Library Resource Centre at Library Support Services on “The Home-School Connection."  To obtain this information, you can book online in “Online booking” at http://10.1.112.23 , visit the library, or call the LRC at 788-0203.  We are located in the Prince Charles Educational Resource Centre at 1075 Wellington Avenue. 

Prepared by Marsha Bowyer, Library Support Services.

Updated May 2007

SEARCH TERMS

Keywords:      Parents	Subject headings:    Community and school
Home	Parent – Teacher relationships
School	Education – Parent participation

BOOKS FOR EDUCATORS
306.432 BOO
Boone, Elizabeth.  Building a three-way partnership : linking schools, families and communities.  New York: Scholastic, c1995.

371.1023 HOW
How to talk so kids can learn : At Home and in school.  Toronto: Scribner,  2003.

371.103 MAN
Manitoba Education and Training.  Parents and school : Partners in education. Winnipeg: Manitoba Education and Training, 1995.

371.19 EPS
Epstein, Joyce Levy.  Partnership-2000 schools manual : Improving school-family-community connections.  Baltimore: National Network of Partnership-2000 Schools, [199-].

371.19 GES
Gestwicki, Carol.  Home, school, and community relations.  Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, c1996.

371.19 GLE
Glenn, H. Stephen.  7 strategies for developing capable students.  Rocklin, CA: Prima Pub., 1998.

371.19 HAR
Hargreaves, Andy.  What’s worth fighting for out there?  London: Teachers College Press, c1998.

371.19 MIC
Michel, George J.  Building schools : The New school and community relations.  Lancaster, PA: Technomic, c1997.

371.19 MIL
Milstein, Mike M.  Spreading resiliency : Making it happen for schools and communities.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, c2000.

371.19 SCH
Epstein, Joyce Levy.  School, family, and community partnerships : Your handbook for action. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, c1997.

371.19 WOR
Working together : A Guide to positive problem solving for schools, families, and communities.  [Winnipeg]: Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth, 2004.

371.192 BAR
Barclay, Kathy.  The parent difference : Uniting school, family, and community.  Arlington Heights, IL: IRI/Skylight Press, c1996.

371.192 BAT
Batey, Carol S.  Parents are lifesavers : A Handbook for parent involvement in schools.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, c1996.

371.192 CAL
Calkins, Lucy McCormick.  Raising lifelong learners : A Parent's guide.  Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, c1997.

371.192 CHR
Christopher, Cindy J.  Building parent-teacher communication : An Educator’s guide.  Lancaster, PA: Technomic Pub., c1996.

371.192 HOM
Home-school relations : Working successfully with parents and families.  Boston: Allyn & Bacon, c2003.

371.192 SCH
School partnerships : A Guide for parents, schools, and communities.  Winnipeg: Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth, 2005.

371.926 SMI
Smith, Sally Liberman.  No easy answers : The Learning disabled child at home and at school.  New York: Bantam Books, 1995.

372.35044 EPS
Epstein, Joyce Levy.  Manual for teachers : Language arts, science/health, and math interactive homework in the middle grades.  Baltimore: Center on Families, Communities, Schools and Children's Learning, c1995.  -- (Teachers involve parents in schoolwork).

372.4 MIN
Minns, Hilary.  Read it to me now! : Learning at home and at school.  Philadelphia: Open University Press, 1997.

372.4 MOT
Motivating recreational reading and promoting home-school connections : Strategies from The Reading Teacher / Timothy V. Rasinski ... [et al].  Newark, DE: International Reading Association, c2000.

372.6 SHO
Shockley-Bisplinghoff, Betty.  Engaging families : Connecting home and school literacy communities.  Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, c1995.

649 PAR
Strengthening the home/school connection : Parenting resources strategies handbook.  Winnipeg: Winnipeg School Division No. 1, 1998.

649.64 JEN
Jenson, William R.  The Tough kid parent book : Practical solutions to tough childhood problems.  Longmont, CO: Sopris West, c2003.

649.68 DAV
Davis, Bruce.  How to involve parents in a multicultural school.  Alexandria, VA: ASCD, c1995.

AV MATERIALS
Audience levels:

P = Kindergarten – Grade 2	I  = Grades 3 - 6	A = Adult
J  = Grades 7 - 8	S = Grades 9 - 12

Help your child succeed in school : Parenting skills that work. Pleasantville, NY: Sunburst Communications, 1998. 1 cassette (ca. 44 min.)
SUMMARY:  Children’s school success is a persistant source of parental anxiety. Provides parents with proven strategies for developing their child’s self-confidence, self-discipline, and self-esteem. Offers tips for communicating with the school and creating positive attitudes.  Audience:  A.  BOOKING # VHS0002710

PASSport to success : A PASS training program.  Bloomington, IN: National Educational Service, c2002.  2 books, 1 booklet, 1 CD-ROM.
SUMMARY:  Designed to provide guidance and materials to conduct parent training sessions based on the book Parents assuring student success (PASS), a family self-help manual that shows parents what they can do to help their children succeed in school.  Audience:  A.  BOOKING # KIT1237

Lee Canter's positive parent involvement kit.  Santa Monica, CA: Lee Canter & Associates, 1995. 6 videocassettes, 3 books, 2 manuals.
SUMMARY:   Shows teachers an in-depth approach on how to establish positive relationships with parents and acquire their cooperation for the school's academic, discipline and homework efforts.  Parents participating in this program will learn what they can do at home to help their children reach their fullest potential for success in school.  Audience:  A.  BOOKING # KITVH01385

Parents on board : Building academic success through parent involvement.  Atlanta, GA: Active Parent Publishers, 1995. 2 cassettes (12 min.)
SUMMARY:  Shows parents how to become constructively involved in their children’s learning. Provides them with the information and skills necessary to help their children succeed in school and beyond.  Audience:  A.  BOOKING # KITVH01406

JOURNAL ARTICLES
McGrath, Anne.  “Parents : How to help.”  U.S. News & World Report 138.7 (2005): 70.

Nistler, Robert J. and Angela Maiers.  “Stopping the silence : Hearing parents' voices in an urban first-grade family literacy program..”  Reading Teacher 53.8 (2000): 670-680.

Strickland, Dorothy S.  “Working with families as partners in early literacy.”  Reading Teacher 58.1 (2004): 86-88.

Tobolka, Darby.  “Connecting teachers and parents through the internet.”  Tech Directions 66.5 (2006): 24-26.

WEB SITES
Family Education : Building bridges between home and school.  2006. Pearson Education, Inc. 13 April 2007 http://school.familyeducation.com/parents-and-school/parents-and-teacher/38624.html?detoured=1

Links for learning : Family and parent information sites.  The Computer Learning Foundation. 13 April 2007 http://computerlearning.org/WebLinks/ParHmSc.htm

Scholastic parent and child : The Home-school connection.  Polly Greenberg. 2007. Scholastic Inc. 13 April 2007 http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=1393

Welcome to the National Network of Partnership Schools! : Working together for student success.  2006. National Network of Partnership Schools, Johns Hopkins University. 13 April 2007 http://www.csos.jhu.edu/P2000/