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Brinkley, Dawn Y.; Caughy, Margaret O'Brien; Owen, Margaret Tresch – Early Education and Development, 2023
This research tested a mediation model, examining whether individual differences in mothers' school readiness beliefs influenced home literacy practices and children's later academic achievement among African American (n = 114) and primarily Mexican origin Latina mothers (n = 164) and their children. Mothers of children ages 3-4 years reported…
Descriptors: Mother Attitudes, African American Family, School Readiness, Family Literacy
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Soto-Calvo, Elena; Simmons, Fiona R.; Adams, Anne-Marie; Francis, Hannah N.; Giofre, David – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research Findings: It has been proposed that the home literacy environment may influence the development of early number skills. However, the results of studies examining the association between home literacy experiences and early number skills are mixed. This could be due to the way that the home literacy experiences are conceptualized and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Family Environment, Literacy, Numeracy
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Guo, Ying; Puranik, Cynthia; Kelcey, Ben; Sun, Jing; Dinnesen, Megan Schneider; Breit-Smith, Allison – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: Home literacy practices are an important variable in the development of literacy skills among children. However, several questions regarding the relationship between home literacy practices and writing are unanswered. The objective of this correlational study is to examine the relationship between reading-related and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Family Literacy, Family Environment, Literacy Education
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Willard, Jessica A.; Kohl, Katharina; Bihler, Lilly-Marlen; Agache, Alexandru; Leyendecker, Birgit – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: Are family literacy activities linked to gains in preschool-aged dual language learners' (DLLs') societal language vocabulary? To understand connections between literacy activities and vocabulary, we separately considered literacy activities in the respective heritage language and in the societal language, German, and accounted…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Environment, Native Language, Turkish
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Meng, Christine – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: This study examined whether approaches to learning moderate the association between home literacy environment and English receptive vocabulary development. The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (2003 cohort) was used for analysis. Latent growth curve modeling was utilized to test a quadratic model of English…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Emergent Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Family Literacy
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Rose, Elisabeth; Lehrl, Simone; Ebert, Susanne; Weinert, Sabine – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: This study investigated the long-term interrelations among children's language competencies, their home literacy environment (HLE), and 3 aspects of socioemotional development from ages 3 to 8, controlling for characteristics of the child and family. For this sample of 547 typically developing German children, parents and…
Descriptors: Child Language, Family Literacy, Family Environment, Aggression
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Marcella, Jennifer; Howes, Carollee; Fuligni, Allison Sidle – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The home literacy environment and other early learning settings such as preschool play a role in children's language and literacy outcomes, yet research suggests that Latino, Spanish-speaking families are less likely than other families to participate in family literacy activities. This study explored the relations among…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Hispanic Americans, Risk, Family Literacy
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Skibbe, Lori E.; Justice, Laura M.; Zucker, Tricia A.; McGinty, Anita S. – Early Education and Development, 2008
Self-reported maternal literacy beliefs and home literacy practices were compared for families of children with typicially developing language skills (TL, n = 52) and specific language impairment (SLI, n = 56). Additionally, the present work examined whether maternal beliefs and practices predicted children's print-related knowledge. Mothers…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Emergent Literacy, Language Skills, Family Literacy