Summary  
Global Family Research Project introduces a series of occasional research-to-practice reviews laying out high-leverage areas for family engagement. High-leverage areas are those processes and practices that have the greatest effect on student learning and development. They could be processes such as the transition to school, and practices such as engaging families in early math and early literacy. Family engagement is key in building strong pathways that lead to children’s healthy development, school readiness, graduation, and subsequent success. This research-to-practice brief focuses on early literacy.