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Reading Aloud to Children, Social Inequalities and Vocabulary Development: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
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Carlo Barone; Denis Fougère; Karine Martel – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
This article presents the results of an RCT assessing the impact of a Shared Book Reading (SBR) intervention that targeted children aged 4 attending kindergarten. We selected a large, random sample of families living in the city of Paris and provided parents of treated classes with free books for children, information on the benefits of book…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Aloud to Others, Social Class, Conflict
Reading with Daddy: Parent Gender, Joint Book Reading, and Emergent Literacy Growth
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Julia Kate Bentley – ProQuest LLC, 2020
For decades, educational researchers have reported joint book reading with caregivers promotes children's emergent literacy development (Bus et al., 1995; Demir-Lira et al., 2019; NELP, 2008; Pelligrini et al., 1990). However, the bulk of this research has been conducted with mothers (Bingham, 2007; Bojczyk, 2016; Roberts et al., 2005). Mothers…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Child Relationship, Gender Differences, Emergent Literacy
Unpacking the Effects of Parents on Their Children's Emergent Literacy Skills and Word Reading: Evidence from Urban and Rural Settings in China
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Zhang, Su-Zhen; Inoue, Tomohiro; Cao, Guanghai; Li, Liangfeng; Georgiou, George K. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2023
Purpose: We examined the role of distal (parents' education, family's income, parents' expectations, and parents' attitudes to the home teaching of literacy) and proximal (formal and informal home literacy environment, access to literacy resources, and extracurricular activities) parental factors in children's early literacy skills and whether the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Urban Areas, Parent Influence
A Regression Analysis of Early Literacy to Minutes Read, Caregivers' Education, Books, and SES
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Hein, Molly – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Kindergarten classrooms of today look much different than those from a few decades ago; more time is spent focused on reading and writing, so ensuring children have early literacy opportunities in their environment during early childhood is essential. The purpose of this regression analysis was to evaluate relationships between children's literacy…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Emergent Literacy, Reading Habits, Time on Task
Home Literacy of Dual-Language Learners in Kindergarten from Low-SES Backgrounds
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Wood, Carla; Fitton, Lisa; Rodriguez, Estrella – AERA Open, 2018
This study aimed to describe home literacy (HL) activities of Spanish-/English-speaking children of low-socioeconomic status backgrounds and examine the relationship between HL and performance on standardized assessments. Parents of 65 dual-language learners (DLLs) in kindergarten completed an HL questionnaire. Parents reported an average of 17…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Education, Kindergarten
Home Literacy of Dual-Language Learners in Kindergarten from Low-SES Backgrounds
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Wood, Carla; Fitton, Lisa; Rodriguez, Estrella – Grantee Submission, 2018
This study aimed to describe home literacy (HL) activities of Spanish-/English-speaking children of low-socioeconomic status backgrounds and examine the relationship between HL and performance on standardized assessments. Parents of 65 dual-language learners (DLLs) in kindergarten completed an HL questionnaire. Parents reported an average of 17…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Education, Kindergarten