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Kuchirko, Yana; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; Luo, Rufan; Liang, Eva – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2016
Developmental changes in the questions mothers asked during book-sharing interactions with their preschool children and associations between mothers' questions and children's narrative contributions were examined. Children and mothers from ethnically diverse backgrounds (African American, Dominican and Mexican) were video-recorded sharing the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Story Reading, Preschool Children
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Cristofaro, Tonia N.; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2012
The contributions of mothers' and children's oral language to children's school readiness were longitudinally examined among 75 low-income mothers and children. When children were 36 months, mothers' and children's lexical diversity, mothers' wh-questions, and children's PPVT-III scores were assessed from play interactions. At pre-kindergarten,…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, School Readiness, Mothers, Low Income