Journal article
Parents' Talk About Letters With Their Young Children
Child development, Vol.86(5), pp.1406-1418
09/2015
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12385
PMCID: PMC4567909
PMID: 26014495
Abstract
A literacy-related activity that occurs in children's homes-talk about letters in everyday conversations-was examined using data from 50 children who were visited every 4 months between 14 and 50 months. Parents talked about some letters, including those that are common in English words and the first letter of their children's names, especially often. Parents' focus on the child's initial was especially strong in families of higher socioeconomic status, and the extent to which parents talked about the child's initial during the later sessions of the study was related to the children's kindergarten reading skill. Conversations that included the child's initial were longer than those that did not, and parents presented a variety of information about this letter.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Parents' Talk About Letters With Their Young Children
- Creators
- Rebecca Treiman - Washington University in St. LouisJohn Schmidt - Washington University in St. LouisKristina Decker - Washington University in St. LouisSarah Robins - University of KansasSusan C Levine - University of ChicagoÖzlem E Demir - University of Chicago
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Child development, Vol.86(5), pp.1406-1418
- DOI
- 10.1111/cdev.12385
- PMID
- 26014495
- PMCID
- PMC4567909
- NLM abbreviation
- Child Dev
- ISSN
- 0009-3920
- eISSN
- 1467-8624
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- R01 HD051610 / NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD040605 / NICHD NIH HHS HD040605 / NICHD NIH HHS HD051610 / NICHD NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2015
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984002443102771
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