Carol Scheffner Hammer|Adele W. Miccio|David A. Wagstaff
Home Literacy Experiences and Their Relationship to Bilingual Preschoolers’ Developing English Literacy Abilities
Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State University
purpose study investigated relationship home literacy experiences bilingual preschoolers early literacy outcomes method fortythree puerto rican motherchild dyads recruited head start programs central pennsylvania participated study home literacy experiences emerging english literacy abilities dyads grouped according whether children learned spanish english birth simultaneously n 28 spanish birth english head start sequentially n 15 mothers simultaneous sequential learners compared value placed literacy press achievement number reading materials available home often read child children compared scores test early reading ability2 reid hresko amp hammill 1991 given first second years head start program results mothers simultaneous sequential learners differed regard mothers press achievement differences found two groups respect measures early literacy abilities two groups children assessed learners comparable mean emergent reading scores mean literacy scores entire group children significantly lower year 2 compared year 1 clinical implications although children experienced literacy activities home head start appears childrens literacy development would benefit increased exposure literacy materials literacy events preschool years