Anna D. Johnson|Anne Martin|Jeanne Brooks?Gunn|Stephen A. Petrill
Order in the House! Associations among Household Chaos, the Home Literacy Environment, Maternal Reading Ability, and Children’s Early Reading
Center for Children|Families USA
current study examines whether associations exist household chaos childrens early reading skills controlling comprehensive battery home literacy environment characteristics sample included 455 kindergarten firstgrade children enrolled western reserve reading project go test whether associations moderated maternal reading ability results suggest degree household order significantly positively associated expressive vocabulary woodcock reading mastery phonological awareness skills children whose mothers aboveaverage readers contrast number books child owns brings home often child amuses self alone books significantly associated expressive vocabulary woodcock reading mastery phonological awareness skills children whose mothers averageability readers results suggest potential new approaches encouraging literacy development home beyond depend solely parental literacy