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EJ550960 PS526940

Title: Children Engaging in Storybook Reading: The Influence of
Access to Print Resources, Opportunity, and Parental Interaction.
Author(s): Neuman, Susan B.
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v11 n4 p495-513 Dec 1996
Publication Date: 1996
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB1998

Examined intervention strategy designed to provide access to
literacy materials and opportunities for parent-child storybook
reading in three Head Start centers. Found that text type affected patterns of interaction and that parents' reading proficiency influenced conversational interactions, with different text types serving as scaffolds for interaction. Regardless of parent reading proficiency, children's receptive language and concepts of print improved. (EV)

Descriptors: Adult Literacy; Books; *Childrens Literature;
*Disadvantaged; *Emergent Literacy; Intervention; *Parent Child Relationship; Parent Participation; Printed Materials; *Reading Aloud to Others; Reading Materials
Identifiers: Project Head Start; *Reading Behavior