Development of a home literacy environment questionnaire for Tamil-speaking kindergarten children
Background The development of emergent literacy skills depends upon the literacy environments and experiences of children at home. Children’s home literacy environment is closely related to the development of various aspects of emergent literacy like ...
B. Buvaneswari, Prakash Padakannaya
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Home Literacy Environment and Parental Support as Advocates of Children Literacy
Creating readers who want to read rather than creating readers who can read should be the focus of school teachers who have extensive opportunities to inculcate reading habit among children. This study aimed to investigate the role of school teachers in promoting reading habits among primary school children.
null ``Muhammad Shabbir Usmani +1 more
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What can Parents' Self-report of Reading Difficulties Tell Us about Their Children's Emergent Literacy at School Entry? [PDF]
Research has linked family risk (FR) of reading difficulties (RD) with children's difficulties in emergent literacy development. This study is the first to apply parents' self-report of RD as a proxy for FR in a large sample (n = 1171) in order to test ...
Benjamini +47 more
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A Family Strengths Approach to Early Language and Literacy Development [PDF]
Language and literacy skills are an essential element of young children’s development and allow them to interact meaningfully with other people and to develop knowledge in all subject areas.
Carter, Deborah +2 more
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Is the home literacy environment different depending on the media? Paper vs. tablet-based practices
The Home Literacy model predicts different outcomes depending on formal and informal literacy practices carried out at home. However, this model does not explicitly consider the potential differences that the media (paper vs.
Álvaro Jáñez +3 more
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Differential Contributions of Three Parenting Dimensions to Preschool Literacy and Social Skills in a Middle-Income Sample [PDF]
This study investigated parenting practices among families of preschoolers in a middle-income community, as well as the contributions of these practices to children\u27s literacy and learning-related social skills. A total of 229 families of preschoolers
Hindman, Annemarie H. +1 more
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The Impact of the FERST Foundation for Childhood Literacy on the Home Literacy Environment
This study examined if, among families whose children were enrolled in the Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy, there was a relationship between the home literacy environment, measured by a scale survey, and the length of time enrolled in the program.
Gina Thomason
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This study aimed to gain better understanding of the associations between literacy activities at home and long-term language and literacy development. We extended the home literacy environment (HLE) model of Sénéchal and LeFevre (Child Development [2002],
M. Torppa +3 more
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The influence of home environmental factors on kindergarten children’s addition strategy use
Young children vary widely in their levels of math knowledge, their abilities to solve math problems, and the strategies they use to solve math problems.
Mary DePascale +2 more
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