Deborah H John, Katherine Gunter, Jennifer A Jackson, Melinda Manore
Developing the School Physical Activity and Nutrition Environment Tool to Measure Qualities of the Obesogenic Context
The Journal of school health
shared book reading provides rich source linguistic stimulation young children authors examined whether variations knowledge storybooks assumed index factors frequency shared reading related vocabulary scores 3 6yearolds experiment 1 parents knowledge storybooks explained unique variance childrens receptive vocabulary scores controlling childrens analytic intelligence parents exposure adult reading material parents education experiment 2 childrens knowledge storybooks explained unique variance receptive expressive vocabulary scores controlling parents exposure print socioeconomic status level childrens knowledge storybooks indexed cognitive factors well exposure findings obtained 2 experiments suggest storybook experiences preschool years may important influence development childrens language skills