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- Title
Lap Reading for Young at-Risk Children: Introducing Families to Books.
- Authors
Gregory, Linda Pohlabel; Morrison, Timothy G.
- Abstract
Many at-risk children do not experience lap reading to the degree their more advantaged peers do. To investigate the effects lap reading might have on such children, three families with at-risk children were taught lap reading techniques and were provided with books for lap reading over a 12- to 16-week period. Changes in the children's behavior included choosing books and reading as free-time activities, developing positive attitudes toward books, and persisting in attending to books in the face of other activity choices. Additional outcomes included an increase in higher level questions asked by the children, some improvement in their oral language, and an increase in literacy-specific knowledge. Lap reading is recommended as a tool for parents to increase instructional motivation for their at-risk children.
- Subjects
READING; EARLY childhood education; CHILD development
- Publication
Early Childhood Education Journal, 1998, Vol 26, Issue 2, p67
- ISSN
1082-3301
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1022995027819