The impact of home-based reading practices on young children's literacy development was examined, considering the types of comments made while reading as well as the affective quality of the reading interaction. Phonological awareness, orientation toward print, and story comprehension were assessed. Findings emphasize the importance of the…

The Early Childhood Project is a longitudinal investigation of contexts in which children from different sociocultural groups learn to read. Data collected from 41 families showed some consistency between parental beliefs on fostering reading development (entertainment versus skills perspective) and nature of experiences made available to…