%0 Journal Article %T DETERMINATION OF THE READING BELIEVES OF THE MOTHERS HAVING CHILDREN IN THE PRE-SCHOOL PERIOD %J - %D 2019 %X The current study was conducted to determine the reading believes of the mothers having children enrolled at pre-school education institutions and to analyze these believes in relation to some variables. The universe of the study consists of the mothers of the 3-5 years old children attending official pre-school education institutions in the city of K£¿r£¿kkale in 2012-2013 school year. The sampling of the study is comprised of 481 mothers selected from the universe. As the data collection tool in the current study, ¡°The Parent Reading Belief Inventory¡± originally developed by DeBaryshe ve Binder (1994) was used. The study also employed the relational survey model. Moreover, the mothers¡¯ reading believes were investigated in relation to the child¡¯s age, gender, the type of the school attended, the number of children the mother has, the mother¡¯s age, income level and education level. It was determined that the reading belief scores of the participating mothers are high. It was also found that the child¡¯s age and gender do not lead to significant differences in the mothers¡¯ reading believes and the mothers¡¯ reading believes do not vary significantly depending on the mother¡¯s age; yet, vary significantly depending on her education level and income level. The findings of the study were discussed in relation to the national and international literature and some suggestions were made %K Okul £¿ncesi d£¿nem £¿ocuklar£¿ %K ebeveyn %U http://dergipark.org.tr/maeuefd/issue/44789/433034