A Picture Book Reading Intervention in Day Care and Home for Children from Low-Income Families

Studied effects of an interactive book-reading program with children attending day-care centers whose language development was delayed by 10 months. Children were read to by teachers and parents; read to by parents only; or in a control group. Educationally and statistically significant effects of t...

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Published inDevelopmental psychology Vol. 30; no. 5; p. 679
Main Author Whitehurst, Grover J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.09.1994
Subjects
Cognitive Development
Day Care Centers
Interactive Reading
Language Acquisition
Language Proficiency
Low Income Groups
Preschool Children
Reading Aloud to Others
Vocabulary
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Summary:Studied effects of an interactive book-reading program with children attending day-care centers whose language development was delayed by 10 months. Children were read to by teachers and parents; read to by parents only; or in a control group. Educationally and statistically significant effects of the reading intervention were found at posttest and follow-up for expressive vocabulary. (TM)
ISSN:0012-1649
DOI:10.1037/0012-1649.30.5.679