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Meaning-Related and Print-Related Interactions between Preschoolers and Parents during Shared Book Reading and Their Associations with Emergent Literacy Skills
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Han, Jisu; Neuharth-Pritchett, Stacey – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
This study examined interactions between preschool children and parents during shared book reading by analyzing parental self-report data. Using confirmatory factor analytic procedures and structural equation modeling, this study developed a scale measuring meaning-related and print-related reading interactions and examined their associations with…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Skills
A Preliminary Investigation of the Relationship between Parenting, Parent-Child Shared Reading Practices, and Child Development in Low-Income Families
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Dexter, Casey A.; Stacks, Ann M. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
This study examined relations between parenting, shared reading practices, and child development. Participants included 28 children (M = 24.66 months, SD = 8.41 months) and their parents. Measures included naturalistic observations of parenting and shared reading quality, assessments of child cognitive and language development, and home reading…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Reading Aloud to Others, Low Income Groups
Young Learners: The Home Literacy Environments of Australian Four-Year-Olds
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Brown, P. Margaret; Byrnes, Linda J.; Raban, Bridie; Watson, Linda – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2012
This study investigated the home literacy environments (HLEs) of 4-year-old children attending an early childhood program prior to school entry and the association between the HLE and children's interests in and attitudes to literacy. One hundred and thirty-eight parents and 140 children participated in the study. Parents completed a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Childhood Interests, Reading Habits
Cross-Sectional Predictors of Reading to Young Children among Participants in the Texas WIC Program
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Harris, Karol Kaye; Loyo, Jennifer J.; Holahan, Carole K.; Suzuki, Rie; Gottlieb, Nell H. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2007
This study reports the results of a cross-sectional analysis of variables associated with parents' reading to young children among participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Texas. The participants were 600 WIC mothers visiting WIC clinics in Texas. The data were collected by survey, and…
Descriptors: Young Children, Clinics, Self Efficacy, Nutrition
Research into Practice: Teacher Beliefs, Reading, and Literacy Intervention
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Neuharth-Pritchett, Stacey – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2007
This issue highlights seven distinct studies. The first study examines the perceptions of early childhood educators and elementary educators concerning their beliefs about young children and how those beliefs translate to practice. The second explores joint book reading among parents and very young children. The third investigates the importance…
Descriptors: Literary Devices, Kindergarten, Intervention, Elementary School Students
Verbally Modeling Thinking for Infants: Middle-Class Mothers' Presentation of Information Structures during Book Sharing.
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van Kleeck, Anne; And Others – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1996
Videotaped 14 mother-infant dyads during book sharing to examine categories of information mothers provided when talking about the book. Found a substantial amount of discussion about the books. Mothers modeled information structures of varying levels of cognitive demand, most frequently modeling the simplest of labeling pictures, with decreasing…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Discourse Analysis
Adult Interactive Strategies and the Spontaneous Comments of Preschoolers During Joint Storybook Readings.
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Kertoy, Marilyn K. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1994
Investigated whether specific strategies of commenting or questioning by the adult reader would influence the complexity and type of spontaneous comments to story details made by children listening to stories. Results suggest that parents and teachers should combine questioning and commenting during storybook readings to induce lengthier comments…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies, Listening Comprehension