How your habits influence your child’s view of reading
Posted
March 25, 2008 at
9:00 am by
Allison J
Just a little something to think about…
Reading and school success are directly linked to what a child sees in the home, and long before they reach school age.
Twenty-one kindergarten classes were examined for children who displayed either high or low interest in books. Their home life was then examined in detail:
|
Home information |
High Interest in Books (%) |
Low Interest in Books (%) |
| Mother’s leisure activities |
|
|
| Watches TV |
39.3 |
63.2 |
| Reads |
78.6 |
28.1 |
| What mother reads |
|
|
| Novels |
95.2 |
10.5 |
| Father’s leisure activities |
|
|
| Watches TV |
35.1 |
48.2 |
| Reads |
60.7 |
15.8 |
| What father reads |
|
|
| Newspapers |
91.1 |
84.2 |
| Novels |
62.5 |
8.8 |
| Number of books in the home |
80.6 books |
31.7 books |
| Child owns library card |
37.5 |
3.4 |
| Child is taken to the library |
98.1 |
7.1 |
| Child is read to daily |
76.8 |
1.8 |
While this study may be a bit outdated, I am confident in saying that this would hold true today.
Lesley Mandel Morrow, “Home and School Correlates of Early Interest in Literature,” Journal of Educational Research, vol 76, March/April 1983, pp. 221-30.
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