On the Efficacy of Reading to Preschoolers

Rhyme and Alliteration Sensitivity and Relevant Experiences among Preschoolers from Diverse Backgrounds

“…The results revealed that middle-income children engaged in such activities more frequently than low-income children. This is consistent with many other studies showing that middle-income children have more exposure to books than low-income children (Bus, van Ijzendoorn, & Pellegrini, 1995;Scarborough & Dobrich, 1994), as well as recent evidence of income-related differences in exposure to rhyming activities (Chaney, 1994;Elliott & Hewison, 1994;Marvin & Mirenda, 1993). In our sample, African-American and European-American children of the same income level participated in relevant activities with about the same frequency.…”

The relationship between home literacy practices and developmental trajectories of emergent literacy and conventional literacy skills for Korean children

“…Much evidence indicates that children's exposure to literacy-related activities at home is important for children's literacy acquisition (Bus et al, 1995;Dickinson & Tabors, 2001;Scarborough & Dobrich, 1994;Scarborough, Dorich, & Hager, 2001). The relationship between literacy practices at home and children's literacy acquisition is mediated by several important emergent literacy skills -phonological awareness, vocabulary, and letter-name knowledge (Whitehurst et al, 1994;Sénéchal, 2006a;Sénéchal et al, 1998).…”

Joint Book Reading Makes for Success in Learning to Read: A Meta-Analysis on Intergenerational Transmission of Literacy

“…In contrast to previous reviews (Cochran-Smith, 1983;Mason & Allen, 1986;Scarborough & Dobrich, 1994;Teale, 1981), we conducted a quantitative metaanalysis of the relation between book reading to toddlers and preschoolers at home and several outcome measures. Our meta-analysis includes a more extensive body of studies than the most recent narrative review by Scarborough and Dobrich. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first quantitative meta-analysis on joint book reading.…”

“…Searching for the effects of joint book reading, we also took into account socioeconomic Status (Scarborough & Dobrich, 1994). Book reading may partly explain why communities of lower socioeconomic Status and non-mainstream culture often exhibit poorer school achievement (Bus & Sulzby, in press;Feitelson, Goldstein, Iraqi, & Share, 1993).…”