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Kirkland, Lynn; Manning, Maryann – Childhood Education, 2012
One hundred percent literacy is a relatively modern goal. According to The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago (n.d.), writing was invented in 3200 BC. However, it was not until the Industrial Revolution, in the 19th century, that large numbers of ordinary people began to read and write. Today, most people believe that becoming a…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Literacy, Prereading Experience, Family Environment
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Manning, Maryann; And Others – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1995
Examined strategies used by 12 kindergarten nonreaders who tried to relate spoken words to segments of written sentences. Results suggest that children may first succeed in establishing correspondences between temporal order of spoken words and spatial order of written words when a sentence contains only one functor word. Results show the complex…
Descriptors: Kindergarten Children, Longitudinal Studies, Oral Language, Prereading Experience
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Manning, Maryann; And Others – Reading Research and Instruction, 1988
Study investigated the perspectives of parents who read aloud to their young children. Results indicate that outside information can increase parents' awareness of the importance of reading aloud to their children and can motivate them to do so. (MM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Parent Child Relationship, Prereading Experience, Preschool Education