Children's Literacy Experiences in Low‐Income Families: The Content of Books Matters

Rufan Luo; Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda; Alan L. Mendelsohn

doi:10.1002/rrq.263

journal article Jun 04, 2019

Children's Literacy Experiences in Low‐Income Families: The Content of Books Matters

Rufan Luo

Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda

Alan L. Mendelsohn

Reading Research Quarterly Vol. 55 No. 2 pp. 213-233 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractThe authors examined children's access to books in 153 four‐year‐olds from low‐income, U.S. ethnic‐minority families. Mothers reported on the number of books available to their children and the variety of books their children had, such as concept books about letters, numbers, and shapes and narrative books about cultural beliefs and relationships. Mothers also reported on the frequency of mother–child book‐sharing interactions. The authors coded characteristics of book‐sharing interactions from videos of mother–child sharing of a wordless book. Most children had a variety of concept books but few narrative books. Children who were later born and who had English‐speaking (vs. Spanish‐speaking) parents had a greater variety of narrative books than did their counterparts, and children living with their father and mother had a greater variety of narrative and concept books than those who did not reside with their father. The variety of narrative books predicted children's narrative contributions during book sharing through the mediator of mothers’ questions about the story. In contrast, the variety of concept books predicted children's referential contributions (e.g., “That's a tree”) through the mediator of mothers’ referential questions (e.g., “What's that?”). Household composition, home language use, and the content of books shape the early literacy experiences of children from low‐income, ethnic‐minority families.

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Published: Jun 04, 2019
Vol/Issue: 55(2)
Pages: 213-233
License: View

Authors

R

Rufan Luo

Rutgers University Camden New Jersey USA

C

Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda

New York University New York USA

A

Alan L. Mendelsohn

New York University School of Medicine New York USA

Funding

National Science Foundation

Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Award: 021859

Cite This Article

Rufan Luo, Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda, Alan L. Mendelsohn (2019). Children's Literacy Experiences in Low‐Income Families: The Content of Books Matters. Reading Research Quarterly, 55(2), 213-233. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.263

Children's Literacy Experiences in Low‐Income Families: The Content of Books Matters

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