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Direct linkSnell, Emily K.; Hindman, Annemarie H.; Wasik, Barbara A. – Reading Teacher, 2015
Vocabulary development is critical for children's ability to learn to read and their success at school. Vocabulary has also been identified as a key factor in the achievement gap, with children from low-income families knowing significantly fewer words when they enter school. Although book reading has long been celebrated as an effective way for…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedPeters, Sandra Jane – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Discusses the role and function of storybook reading in early childhood classrooms and reviews studies examining the effects of story reading on literacy development. Concludes that the interaction between child, adult, and text during story reading facilitates literacy development. (MM)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten
