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Direct linkHoicka, Elena; Jutsum, Sarah; Gattis, Merideth – Cognitive Science, 2008
We investigated humor as a context for learning about abstraction and disbelief. More specifically, we investigated how parents support humor understanding during book sharing with their toddlers. In Study 1, a corpus analysis revealed that in books aimed at 1- to 2-year-olds, humor is found more often than other forms of doing the wrong thing…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Humor, Parent Child Relationship, Reading Aloud to Others
Cleary, Beverly – Horn Book Magazine, 1982
Notes that children would learn much more from stories if they were allowed to relax, enjoy a story, and discover what it is they want or need from books. (HOD)
Descriptors: Authors, Child Development, Childrens Literature, Humor
Peer reviewedFein, Linda Abby; And Others – Catholic Library World, 1987
Reports on the 1987 Drexel University/Free Library of Philadelphia Conference on Children's Literature. The edited text of the keynote address by Alvin Schwartz, "Children, Humor and Folklore," and the acceptance speech by Deborah Kogan Ray, recipient of the 1987 Drexel Citation, are included. Observations on humor from workshop sessions are…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Literature, Classification, Conferences
Download full textStern, Lois W. – 2001
Parents can help foster their children's success as readers by reading to them as much as possible. This paper, four of four on literature and the young child, discusses two ways that parents can help, stating that: reading to the child helps him or her develop and appreciate humor; and reading to the child helps him or her cope with uncomfortable…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Development, Childrens Literature, Emotional Problems
