ED438528 CS013893
Title: Home Literacy Activities and Signs of Children's Emerging
Literacy, 1993 and 1999. Statistics in Brief.
Author(s): Nord, Christine Winguist; Lennon, Jean; Liu, Baiming;
Chandler, Kathryn
Author Affiliation: Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD.(BBB22888)
Pages: 21
Publication Date: March 2000
Sponsoring Agency: National Center for Education Statistics (ED),
Washington, DC. (EDD00004)
Report No: NCES-2000-026
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Availability: For full text: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/
pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000026.
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEAUG2000
Government Level: Federal
This brief report presents information on the extent to which
families are engaged in literacy activities with their 3- to 5-year-olds who are not yet enrolled in kindergarten. It also presents
information on signs of emerging literacy, such as whether children
recognize letters, can write their own names, or read or pretend to
read. The report examines changes in both home literacy activities
that families engage in, and signs of children's emerging literacy
between 1993 and 1999. The report then examines the association
between home literacy activities and signs of emerging literacy in
1999. Data used in the report are from the 1993 and 1999 National
Household Education Surveys. (Contains 14 references, 5 endnotes, and
3 tables of data.) (RS)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading; Beginning Writing; Comparative
Analysis; *Emergent Literacy; *Family Environment; Parent Child
Relationship; Parent Participation; Preschool Children; Preschool
Education; Reading Aloud to Others; Reading Skills; Writing Skills
