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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
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Aram, Dorit; Meidan, Inbal Cohen; Deitcher, Deborah Bergman – Reading Psychology, 2016
The study characterized children's literacy, mothers' beliefs, and writing mediation of homeschooled compared to formally schooled kindergartners. Participants were 60 children (ages 4-6) and their mothers (30 in homeschooling). At the children's home, we assessed children's literacy, maternal beliefs, and video-recorded mother-child joint writing…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Mothers, Literacy, Young Children
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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