Child/Home Early Language and Literacy Observation (CHELLO) is the only observation tool specifically designed to rate the early literacy environment in home-based child care settings. A reliable, field-tested tool derived from the bestselling, classroom-focused Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observation (ELLCO), CHELLO has been carefully tailored to assess environments. Administrators, program directors, and researchers can use CHELLO to develop accurate profiles of materials and practices in family/group child care settings, help providers improve their literacy supports and their interactions with children, and measure changes in the quality of environments over time. This User's Guide to the CHELLO includes explicit instructions on conducting the observation, photographs that illustrate successful and unsuccessful environments, practical strategies to support literacy development in home-based settings, and the psychometric properties of CHELLO. Age focus: 0-5. Softbound, 104 pgs.
Child/Home Early Language and Literacy Observation (CHELLO) is the only observation tool specifically designed to rate the early literacy environment in home-based child care settings. A reliable, field-tested tool derived from the bestselling, classroom-focused Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observation (ELLCO), CHELLO has been carefully tailored to assess environments. Administrators, program directors, and researchers can use CHELLO to develop accurate profiles of materials and practices in family/group child care settings, help providers improve their literacy supports and their interactions with children, and measure changes in the quality of environments over time. Age focus: 0-5. Softbound, 104 pgs.