<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The proposed study deals with early reading literacy development of pre-school age children. A special attention is paid to the promotion of reading in family environment. Children’s relationship to reading starts developing before entering school, therefore, we consider families, alongside with intentional reading development in kindergartens, to be the basic indicators of the development of children’s relationship to reading and to books in general. The results of our quantitative research reflect the current situation in reading literacy development of pre-school age children in Slovakia, in particular families, and from the point of view of both the participating parents and their children.</p></abstract>

The proposed study deals with early reading literacy development of pre-school age children. A special attention is paid to the promotion of reading in family environment. Children’s relationship to reading starts developing before entering school, therefore, we consider families, alongside with intentional reading development in kindergartens, to be the basic indicators of the development of children’s relationship to reading and to books in general. The results of our quantitative research reflect the current situation in reading literacy development of pre-school age children in Slovakia, in particular families, and from the point of view of both the participating parents and their children.

Promotion of Family Reading in the Context of Children’s Early Reading Literacy Development

Dubnica Institute of Technology in Dubnica nad Váhom, Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia

Acta Educationis Generalis

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The proposed study deals with early reading literacy development of pre-school age children. A special attention is paid to the promotion of reading in family...

Promotion of Family Reading in the Context of Children’s Early Reading Literacy Development

Published Online: Aug 20, 2016

Page range: 9 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/atd-2016-0009

Keywords
reading and pre-reading literacy, pre-school age, promotion of family reading, spontaneous literacy, early literacy, reading habits

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Promotion of Family Reading in the Context of Children’s Early Reading Literacy Development

Published Online: Aug 20, 2016

Page range: 9 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/atd-2016-0009

Keywordsreading and pre-reading literacy, pre-school age, promotion of family reading, spontaneous literacy, early literacy, reading habits

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
reading and pre-reading literacy, pre-school age, promotion of family reading, spontaneous literacy, early literacy, reading habits