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Anderson, Ann; Anderson, Jim; Lynch, Jacqueline; Shapiro, Jon; Kim, Ji Eun – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
In this study we investigated the frequency and types of questions asked when parents read with their four-year-old children, the relationship between the frequency and types of questions parents and children asked, and the relationship between these and the children's early literacy knowledge. Forty dyads shared two narrative texts and two…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Ability
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Anderson, Leslie Margaret; Anderson, Jim – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
Television viewing has been linked to the increasing problem of obesity in young children, as well as to the development of inappropriate eating behaviours, yet the mechanism behind this link remains unclear. This study investigated the messages about food and eating that appear in a sample of preschool children's television shows and found that…
Descriptors: Television Viewing, Obesity, Nutrition, Young Children