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Book Selection for Shared Reading: Parents' Considerations and Researchers' Views
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Bergman Deitcher, Deborah; Aram, Dorit; Adar, Gali – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2019
This qualitative study explores parents' considerations in selecting narrative picturebooks to read with their children. Participants included 104 middle-socioeconomic status parents (84 mothers, 20 fathers) of young children (51 boys, 53 girls; M[subscript age] = 61.26, SD = 9.52). We presented parents with two translated children's books whose…
Descriptors: Reading Material Selection, Childrens Literature, Parent Attitudes, Illustrations
Understanding Parents' Attitudes towards Complexity in Children's Books
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Aram, Dorit; Bergman Deitcher, Deborah; Adar, Gali – Reading Horizons, 2017
Experts in children's literature and child development value complexity in the language, socio-emotional content, and structure of books, yet little is known regarding parents' attitudes towards these aspects. The study thus examined how parents' gender, education, and profession, children's age and gender, and frequency of parent-child reading…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Books, Age Differences
Mothers' Storybook Reading and Kindergartners' Socioemotional and Literacy Development
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Aram, Dorit; Aviram, Sigalit – Reading Psychology, 2009
This study assessed storybook reading at home with reference to kindergartners' empathy, socioemotional adjustment, language, and alphabetic skills. Beyond considering the frequency of storybook reading, measures included maternal expertise in choosing books. Findings indicated various relations between aspects of storybook reading and early…
Descriptors: Story Reading, Literacy, Language Aptitude, Empathy