Bobbie Kabuto is Assistant Professor of Literacy Education in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Queens College, City University of New York, USA.Prisca Martens is Professor in the Department of Elementary Education at Towson University, USA.

"This is a foundations text which contributes to the literature in family studies, literacy and language development, and school-home relations. . . . The parent researcher aspect of the book is unique."Sandra Winn Tutwiler, Washburn University, USA"The language stories in this book will expand the thinking of teachers, researchers and other educational professionals and raise new questions for further research. At the same time for those new to these ideas, these stories are a wonderful place to begin to consider the power of understanding the complex process of learning in homes and in school."Yetta M. Goodman, From the Foreword

• ContentsForewordLearning Lessons from Our Children and GrandchildrenYetta M. GoodmanPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1Introduction Bobbie Kabuto & Prisca MartensSection 1: Everyday Families, Everyday LearningChapter 2 What Do Those Marks Really Mean?: A Semiotic Perspective to Writing in a Bilingual Context Bobbie KabutoChapter 3Whiteness, Discourse, and Early Childhood: An Ethnographic Study of Three Young Children’s Construction of Race in Home and Community Settings Erin T. MillerSection 2: Families and SchoolingChapter 4The Struggle for Literacy: Leo’s Story Catherine Olsen MaderazoChapter 5 Preparing Teachers to Teach Other People’s Children While Homeschooling Your Own: One Black Woman Scholar’s StoryMarcelle M. HaddixChapter 6 My Gift to You is My Language: Spanish is the Language of My HeartJulia López-RobertsonChapter 7 “I already know how to read!”: Home and School Perceptions of Literacy Prisca MartensChapter 8 At Home At School: Following Our Children Kathleen Shannon & Patrick ShannonSection 3: Parent-Researchers as Archeologists in Daily Family LifeChapter 9“They don’t really know me”: Mother-Daughter Insights for Researchers and TeachersSusi Long & Kelli Long Chapter 10 Looking Backward in Order to Look Forward: The Enduring Contribution of Parent ResearchMarcia BaghbanChapter 11 Researching Literate Lives Jerome C. Harste & Carolyn L. Burke

Bobbie Kabuto is Assistant Professor of Literacy Education in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Queens College, City University of New York, USA.Prisca Martens is Professor in the Department of Elementary Education at Towson University, USA.

"This is a foundations text which contributes to the literature in family studies, literacy and language development, and school-home relations. . . . The parent researcher aspect of the book is unique."Sandra Winn Tutwiler, Washburn University, USA"The language stories in this book will expand the thinking of teachers, researchers and other educational professionals and raise new questions for further research. At the same time for those new to these ideas, these stories are a wonderful place to begin to consider the power of understanding the complex process of learning in homes and in school."Yetta M. Goodman, From the Foreword

• ContentsForewordLearning Lessons from Our Children and GrandchildrenYetta M. GoodmanPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1Introduction Bobbie Kabuto & Prisca MartensSection 1: Everyday Families, Everyday LearningChapter 2 What Do Those Marks Really Mean?: A Semiotic Perspective to Writing in a Bilingual Context Bobbie KabutoChapter 3Whiteness, Discourse, and Early Childhood: An Ethnographic Study of Three Young Children’s Construction of Race in Home and Community Settings Erin T. MillerSection 2: Families and SchoolingChapter 4The Struggle for Literacy: Leo’s Story Catherine Olsen MaderazoChapter 5 Preparing Teachers to Teach Other People’s Children While Homeschooling Your Own: One Black Woman Scholar’s StoryMarcelle M. HaddixChapter 6 My Gift to You is My Language: Spanish is the Language of My HeartJulia López-RobertsonChapter 7 “I already know how to read!”: Home and School Perceptions of Literacy Prisca MartensChapter 8 At Home At School: Following Our Children Kathleen Shannon & Patrick ShannonSection 3: Parent-Researchers as Archeologists in Daily Family LifeChapter 9“They don’t really know me”: Mother-Daughter Insights for Researchers and TeachersSusi Long & Kelli Long Chapter 10 Looking Backward in Order to Look Forward: The Enduring Contribution of Parent ResearchMarcia BaghbanChapter 11 Researching Literate Lives Jerome C. Harste & Carolyn L. Burke

Bobbie Kabuto is Assistant Professor of Literacy Education in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Queens College, City University of New York, USA.Prisca Martens is Professor in the Department of Elementary Education at Towson University, USA.

"This is a foundations text which contributes to the literature in family studies, literacy and language development, and school-home relations. . . . The parent researcher aspect of the book is unique."Sandra Winn Tutwiler, Washburn University, USA"The language stories in this book will expand the thinking of teachers, researchers and other educational professionals and raise new questions for further research. At the same time for those new to these ideas, these stories are a wonderful place to begin to consider the power of understanding the complex process of learning in homes and in school."Yetta M. Goodman, From the Foreword

• ContentsForewordLearning Lessons from Our Children and GrandchildrenYetta M. GoodmanPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1Introduction Bobbie Kabuto & Prisca MartensSection 1: Everyday Families, Everyday LearningChapter 2 What Do Those Marks Really Mean?: A Semiotic Perspective to Writing in a Bilingual Context Bobbie KabutoChapter 3Whiteness, Discourse, and Early Childhood: An Ethnographic Study of Three Young Children’s Construction of Race in Home and Community Settings Erin T. MillerSection 2: Families and SchoolingChapter 4The Struggle for Literacy: Leo’s Story Catherine Olsen MaderazoChapter 5 Preparing Teachers to Teach Other People’s Children While Homeschooling Your Own: One Black Woman Scholar’s StoryMarcelle M. HaddixChapter 6 My Gift to You is My Language: Spanish is the Language of My HeartJulia López-RobertsonChapter 7 “I already know how to read!”: Home and School Perceptions of Literacy Prisca MartensChapter 8 At Home At School: Following Our Children Kathleen Shannon & Patrick ShannonSection 3: Parent-Researchers as Archeologists in Daily Family LifeChapter 9“They don’t really know me”: Mother-Daughter Insights for Researchers and TeachersSusi Long & Kelli Long Chapter 10 Looking Backward in Order to Look Forward: The Enduring Contribution of Parent ResearchMarcia BaghbanChapter 11 Researching Literate Lives Jerome C. Harste & Carolyn L. Burke