https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/54328
Title: | Erstes Vorlesen: Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm | English Title: | Early Reading to Children: The Early Bird Catches the Worm | Contributor(s): | Niklas, Frank (author); Cohrssen, Caroline (author); Tayler, Collette (author); Schneider, Wolfgang (author) | Publication Date: | 2016-02 | DOI: | 10.1024/1010-0652/a000166 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/54328 | Abstract: | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie, 30(1), p. 35-44 | Publisher: | Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co KG | Place of Publication: | Germany | ISSN: | 1664-2910 1010-0652 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 390302 Early childhood education 390307 Teacher education and professional development of educators |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 160101 Early childhood education 160201 Equity and access to education 160299 Schools and learning environments not elsewhere classified |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | English Abstract: | Primary caregivers are often encouraged to read to their children from a very young age as we know that reading to children plays a very important role in their literacy development. However, little is known about whether the onset of reading to a child is a specific predictor of language abilities when controlling for child and family characteristics. Literacy skills and other cognitive abilities of 746 German children were assessed shortly before school entry and results were compared to those of a recent Australian study. Parents were asked how old their children were when they were first read to and how often they currently read to their children. In both countries, the age at which children were first read to was closely associated with the frequency with which children were read to as pre-schoolers and with their literacy abilities. It was less closely associated with other cognitive competencies. The findings imply that reading books to infants early may contribute meaningfully to a favourable home literacy environment and support children's literacy development. |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Education |
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