Development in Early Literacy Skills During the Pre-Kindergarten Year in Head Start: Growth in Children's Writing and Understanding of Letters

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hope Kenarr Gerde ◽  
Karen E. Diamond ◽  
Douglas Robert Powell
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
Early Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Early Literacy Skills ◽  
Children's Writing

Maternal Writing Support for Kindergartners With Cerebral Palsy and Its Relations to Early Literacy Skills

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori E. Skibbe ◽  
Dorit Aram
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Early Literacy ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Early Literacy Skills ◽  
Literacy Activities ◽  
Children's Writing ◽  
Children's Literacy ◽  
Letter Sound ◽  
Writing Activity

Twenty kindergartners (eight boys) with cerebral palsy (CP) and their mothers engaged in a writing activity that required dyads to compose a grocery list containing four items together. Maternal writing supports were observed, including graphophonemic mediation (i.e., support for letter–sound correspondence) and printing mediation (i.e., guidance on letter choice and form). Mothers described their home literacy practices, and children’s early literacy skills were assessed. Mothers reported engaging in many literacy activities with their children. They also provided variable levels of printing mediation, low levels of graphophonemic mediation, rarely corrected children’s writing errors, and frequently provided physical supports to children during the writing activity. Mothers’ reported literacy activities at home as well the ways in which they helped children choose letters were strongly related to children’s literacy skills. Findings suggest that mothers can bolster their children’s literacy skills through carefully orchestrated writing activities when children have CP.

The contribution of inhibitory control to early literacy skills in 4‐ to 5‐year‐old children

2022 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 265-286
Author(s):  
Laura Traverso ◽  
Paola Viterbori ◽  
Elena Gandolfi ◽  
Mirella Zanobini ◽  
Maria Carmen Usai
Keyword(s):  
Early Literacy ◽  
Inhibitory Control ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Early Literacy Skills
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