title: Parents' Talk About Letters With Their Young Children.
abstract: A literacy-related activity that occurs in children's homes-talk about letters in everyday conversations-was examined using data from 50 children who were visited every 4 months between 14 and 50 months. Parents talked about some letters, including those that are common in English words and the first letter of their children's names, especially often. Parents' focus on the child's initial was especially strong in families of higher socioeconomic status, and the extent to which parents talked about the child's initial during the later sessions of the study was related to the children's kindergarten reading skill. Conversations that included the child's initial were longer than those that did not, and parents presented a variety of information about this letter.
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St. Louis.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Treiman
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St. Louis.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St. Louis.
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robins
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago.
authors.forename: Susan C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago.
authors.forename: Özlem E
authors.initials: ÖE
authors.lastname: Demir
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011932:Reading; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors