%0 Journal Article
%T The effects of a parent每child environmental print program on emergent literacy
%A Michelle M Neumann
%J Journal of Early Childhood Research
%@ 1741-2927
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1476718X18809120
%X Young children are surrounded by ubiquitous environmental print (e.g. signs, product labels) on a daily basis in their homes and communities. Parent每child interactions with environmental print has the potential to foster emergent literacy. A randomised controlled pre每posttest study was conducted to examine the effects of a parent每child environmental print programme on emergent literacy skills (letter knowledge, letter and name writing, print concepts, environmental print reading, numeral name knowledge). Parent每child dyads (Nˋ=ˋ32, M child ageˋ=ˋ3.63ˋyears) participated in an 8-week (30ˋminutes per week) programme that used multisensory strategies to identify, trace and write letters and words embedded in environmental print. At post-test, the environmental print group showed improvements across all measures, making significant gains in letter knowledge and environmental print reading. These findings highlight potential benefits of coaching parents to use environmental print to support aspects of young children＊s growth of emergent literacy skills
%K early literacy programme
%K emergent literacy skills
%K environmental print
%K parent每child interactions
%K young children
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1476718X18809120