Ana Isabel Pinto|Manuela Pessanha|Cecília Aguiar
Effects of home environment and center-based child care quality on children's language, communication, and literacy outcomes
Universidade do Porto|Polytechnic Institute of Porto|Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida
study examined joint effects home environment centerbased child care quality childrens language communication early literacy development also considering prior developmental level participants 95 children 46 boys assessed toddlers mean age 2633 months time 1 preschoolers mean age 6871 months time 2 families times children attended centerbased child care classrooms metropolitan area porto portugal results hierarchical linear models indicated home environment preschool quality centerbased toddler child care quality associated childrens language literacy outcomes time 2 moreover quality preschool classrooms moderated association home environment quality childrens language early literacy skills communication skills time 2 suggesting positive cumulative effects home environment preschool quality findings support existence detrimental effect low preschool quality childrens language early literacy outcomes positive associations among home environment quality childrens developmental outcomes found reduce substantially children attended lowquality preschool classrooms