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Direct linkMustapha, Muhammad Ali; Wali, Yagana S.; Abulfathi, Fatihi A. – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2019
This paper deals with the impact of family size on children's literacy development in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno state, Nigeria. Two research designs were used for this study. They are descriptive and correlation. The population of the study comprised of entire residents of Zajeri Area, Maiduguri. Total number of ten families were…
Descriptors: Family Size, Emergent Literacy, Children, Literacy Education
Download full textSmith, Nichole L. – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2020
The researcher in this study examined parents' perceptions of the engagement activities in their homes. Parents of elementary school students in one southeastern United States school district were asked to participate in this study. Findings related to literacy, academic, and family engagement. Parents' preparedness to assist their children with…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Parent Attitudes, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
Burton, Jenny M.; Washington, Karla N.; Samms-Vaughan, Maureen – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2019
Most research related to communication skills in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been obtained from monolingual English-speaking children from high-income countries. Based on questionnaires completed by parents, this pilot study aimed to describe the communication characteristics of six children with ASD living in Jamaica. Parents…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children
Kim, Sojung; Im, Haesung; Kwon, Kyong-Ah – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2015
Background: Little empirical research examines the process in which home literacy environment (HLE) in toddlerhood is associated with preschoolers' vocabulary and decoding skills using a large-scale dataset. Objective: The purposes of the current study were to (a) examine the differential effect of HLE in toddlerhood on preschoolers' vocabulary…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Family Environment
Ricci, Leila A. – International Journal of Special Education, 2011
This study examined the reading interest and emergent literacy skills of 31 children with Down syndrome (DS) ages 7 to 13. Parents completed questionnaires on their children's interest in reading, home literacy environments, and parental beliefs about reading. Children were then assessed on their cognitive and emergent literacy skills.…
Descriptors: Children, Down Syndrome, Reading Interests, Emergent Literacy
Vasinda, Sheri, Ed.; Szabo, Susan, Ed.; Johnson, Robin D., Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2015
The theme for the 58th annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) was Bridging Cultures Through Literacy. In the first section of the Yearbook, Parker Fawson's presidential address captures the unique nature of ALER and its role in his professional development, and then moved beyond to capture the changing…
Descriptors: Literacy, Literacy Education, Reading Comprehension, Common Core State Standards
Waldbart, Adria; Meyers, Barbara; Meyers, Joel – Reading Teacher, 2006
Teachers know that when families are involved meaningfully in schools, students perform better in academic, behavioral, and emotional domains. This article describes a project designed to enhance the quality of children's literacy interactions with family members and simultaneously increase family involvement at school. The level of participation…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Children, Family Involvement, Family Relationship
Nord, Christine Windquist; Lennon, Jean; Liu, Baiming; Chandler, Kathryn – Education Statistics Quarterly, 2000
Provides information on family literacy activities and signs of children's emerging literacy. Uses data from the National Household Education Survey. Data show that families are helping their children get ready for school by engaging in literacy activities with them at home. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Emergent Literacy, Family Literacy, Literacy Education
Guzzetti, Barbara J., Ed. – Praeger, 2007
Living in an age of communication, literacy is an extremely integral part of our society. We are impacted by literature during our infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. "Literacy for the New Millennium" includes information from specialists in the field who discuss the influence of popular culture, media, and technology on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Literacy Education, Workplace Literacy, Popular Culture
van Steensel, Roel – Journal of Research in Reading, 2006
This paper deals with the relation between children's home literacy environments (HLE) and their literacy development in the first phase of primary school. On the basis of a broad conceptualisation of the HLE, we identified three home literacy profiles (rich, child-directed and poor HLE). Firstly, we related these profiles to socio-cultural…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Emergent Literacy, Family Literacy, Family Environment
