Thanks for sharing. It looks really interesting.

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Sent: 08 September 2015 18:39
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Subject: Preschool Oral Narrative Skills Linked to Literacy Among African American Kindergartners

This is a quick announcement to let you know that a new study shows that oral narrative skills are tied to kindergarten literacy for African American children. The study is the first to demonstrate the connection between African American preschoolers’ storytelling abilities and the development of their early reading skills, and the researchers suggest that the importance of narrative in black culture may play a role in this unique connection, which they could not find in any other demographic group.

The full story is available here:
http://fpg.unc.edu/news/storytelling-skills-support-early-literacy-african-american-children

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Dave

Dave Shaw, Communications Director
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
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