Educators, parents and children engaging in literacy activities in multiple languages: an exploratory study

There is a consensus that home languages are the foundation on which to develop additional and collaboration between homes institutions of early childhood education care (ECEC) can contribute development children’s language literacy skills. Nevertheless, educators seem rarely draw multiple in activities. Furthermore, situations where parents jointly read children scarce. Luxembourg, has implemented programme multilingual ECEC, an ideal context investigate practices use parents. Drawing observations two centres Luxembourg as well interviews, present study examines interactions 3-year-old those educators, parents, when occasionally books centres. The findings show both used several types differed. When offered activities, their roles they played also differed, varying from being fully involved taking marginal role. help policymakers inclusive participatory actively involve