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Wasik, Barbara A.; Hindman, Annemarie H. – NHSA Dialog, 2010
The current study investigated the nature of Head Start children's home literacy environments and the associations between these resources and children's early-language and literacy skills. At the beginning of the preschool year, families of 302 children completed the Family Literacy Survey. In general, Head Start families reported providing a…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Family Literacy, Family Environment, Early Experience
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Morgan, Anne – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2005
Research has shown that adult-child shared book reading can enhance language and literacy development in the early years, although little is known about how mothers and children from socio-economically disadvantaged communities interact around books. This study investigated the shared reading interactions of three mother-child dyads living in such…
Descriptors: Mothers, Emergent Literacy, Disadvantaged, Parent Child Relationship