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Senechal, Monique; LeFevre, Jo-Anne; Thomas, Eleanor M.; Daley, Karen E. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1998
Examines whether storybook exposure and the amount of teaching in reading and writing skills reported by middle-class parents were related to oral language skills and written language skills of kindergarten children. Shows that storybook exposure explained statistically significant unique variance in children's oral language skills but not in…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Kindergarten Children, Language Research, Oral Language
Senechal, Monique; LeFevre, Jo-Anne; Thomas, Eleanor; Daley, Karen E. – 1996
A study examined whether storybook exposure and the amount of teaching in reading and writing skills provided by parents would enhance the language skills and emergent literacy of 47 first-grade children. Hierarchical regression analyses that controlled for parents' print exposure, and children's age and analytical intelligence showed that at the…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Family Influence, Foreign Countries, Grade 1
LeFevre, Jo-Anne; Senechal, Monique – 1999
Researchers, parents, and teachers have suggested that the home environment is a likely source of experiences that can enhance the development of oral language and early literacy skills. This longitudinal study examined relations among home literacy factors, subsequent language and early literacy skills, and reading acquisition. Assessments…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Emergent Literacy, Family Environment, Foreign Countries