Parent-Child Interaction in Favorite and Unfamiliar Stories.

Fagan, William T.; Hayden, Helen Ruth

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Publication Date: 1988

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Parent-Child Interaction in Favorite and Unfamiliar Stories.

Fagan, William T.; Hayden, Helen Ruth

Reading Research and Instruction, v27 n2 p47-55 Win 1988

Study investigates the nature of verbal interactions which occur between parents and kindergarten children as they read favorite (familiar) and unfamiliar books. States that favorite stories allow children to become more involved in the story and attend to print, while unfamiliar stories provide for expanded schemata which may enhance meaning construction in subsequent stories. (MM)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Kindergarten, Parent Child Relationship, Prereading Experience, Primary Education, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Comprehension, Reading Material Selection, Reading Research, Reading Skills, Story Reading

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