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Learn how to promote successful parent engagement and develop bridges between school and home.  \nAnna H. Hall & Ysaaca Axelrod  \nFamily involvement has been found to play an important role in developing social capital for children’s writing success in school (Coleman, 1988; Ren & Hu, 2011) . Coleman (1988) describes social capital as a network of social relationships that exist in the family as well as between the family and school. Moll and colleagues (1992) describe these social networks as flexible and adaptive groups of individuals in the community that work together to facilitate the development and exchange of resources to build on the “funds of knowledge” of a community. As families become interconnected through social networks, they increase their ability to thrive and their children’s ability to read and write informal settings.  \nThe term “funds of knowledge” refers to skills and practices that families or communities possess that have been developed through labor histories and/or shared community experiences. Teachers and schools are encouraged to learn about each child’s or communities’“funds of knowledge” in order to build on their rich cultural and cognitive resources.  \nSeminal research including Brofenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory (1979) and Epstein’s Model for Parent Involvement (1995) focus on the child as the learner, the child within the family, and the systems and factors that impact their lives. These theories suggest children’s lives are embedded in their families and communities; therefore successful early childhood experiences are dependent upon strong partnerships with families (NAEYC, 2009) . Furthermore, NAEYC’s position statement on standards for early childhood professional preparation programs, the second standard—Building family and community relationships—specifies the importance of involving all families in their children’s development and education. Although it is evident that advocacy for strong school and family relationships exists, many teachers and  \n10  \nVol 42, No 1, 2014  \nschools struggle to find ways to engage families in their classrooms. At the same time, research on families from diverse cultural and linguistic groups points to differences in perceptions of what it means to be involved, support children’s education, as well as assumptions about education (Dantas & Manyak, 2010) .  \nWhile in this article we are talking about a traditional form of family engagement during writing celebrations, we attempt to find ways to create bridges between family and school cultures that can serve as a foundation for more meaningful relationship building around literacy practices since family involvement has also been identified as a strong predictor of improved child literacy in recent literature (Dearing, Kreider, Simpkins & Weiss, 2006; National Research Council, 2001) . We also address some of the ways in which families can be invited and involved in their children’s writing celebrations including families of culturally and linguistically diverse children.  \nStrong  \npartnerships with families promote successful early childhood experiences.  \nThe Importance of Sharing  \n—The Writing Workshop  \nProcess-oriented writing strategies such as the writing workshop focus on teaching elementary school children  \nDimensions of Early Childhood  \nInviting Families to Celebrate in the Writing Process  \nthe craft of writing by guiding them through the writing process (i.e., prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing; Fletcher & Portalupi, 2001) . As children observe their teacher model writing through daily mini-lessons, write individually on self-chosen topics for extended periods, and regularly share their writing with their classmates, they begin to view themselves as authors.  \nAs young children begin to view themselves as authors, they simultaneousl","cbCaig17kEoGnR9w","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaig17kEoGnR9w","pdf",828908,"English","# Inviting Families to Celebrate in the Writing Process\n## The Role of Families in Writing Success\n## Funds of Knowledge and Social Capital\n## Bridging Home and School Cultures through Celebrations\n## The Writing Workshop Process and Sharing\n## Writing Celebrations as Purposeful Audience Building","[{\"question\":\"How does family involvement support children’s writing success?\",\"answer\":\"Family involvement helps children develop writing skills and contributes to social capital that supports writing success at school. 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