Family literacy in preschoolers’ linguistic and metalinguistic skill development

Borges, Monica Teixeira; Azoni, Cíntia Alves Salgado

doi:10.1590/1982-0216/20212342521

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES • Rev. CEFAC 23 (4) • 2021 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0216/20212342521 copy

Family literacy in preschoolers’ linguistic and metalinguistic skill development

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ABSTRACT

Purpose:

to verify family literacy practices with preschoolers from a public school in a municipality of the Northeast Region of Brazil.

Methods:

21 parents/guardians of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students from a public school participated in this study. A questionnaire with 18 items on the parents’/guardians’ participation in family literacy practices was develop for this research. The resulting data underwent descriptive and inferential analysis, with the significance level set at 5%.

Results:

the preschoolers’ mean age was 69 months, and that of the parents/guardians who answered the questionnaire was 31 years. The educational level of most parents/guardians was either high school or unfinished middle school. A significant, positive relationship, between the parents’/guardians’ educational level and the following questionnaire items was seen: paying attention to the children when they spoke, calling their attention to the sound of letters and words, and teaching/encouraging them to write their names.

Conclusion:

family literacy practices are not commonly developed in the culture of the Northeast Region of Brazil, and when so, most of them are similar to activities taught at school. There was also a weak correlation between the parents’/guardians’ educational level and the family literacy practices.

Keywords:
Health Promotion; Child Language; Child Development

Age (months)	f (%)
55 - 69	10 (47.6%)
70 - 79	11 (52.4%)
Total	21 (100%)

Age (years)	f (%)
18 - 29	9 (42.9%)
30 - 55	12 (57.1%)
Total	21 (100%)

Questions/ Answers	Always	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
1	14 (66.7%)	3 (14.3%)	3 (14.3%)	1 (4.8%)	-
2	7 (33.3%)	7 (33.3%)	6 (28.6%)	1 (4.8%)	-
3	15 (71.4%)	5 (23.8%)	1 (4.8%)	-	-
4	14 (66.7%)	2 (9.5%)	5 (23.8%)	-	-
5	10 (47.6%)	5 (23.8%)	6 (28.6%)	-	-
6	10 (47.6%)	5 (23.8%)	4 (19.0%)	1 (4.8%)	1 (4.8%)

Questions/ Answers	Always	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
7	1 (4.8%)	6 (28.6%)	8 (38.1%)	1 (4.8%)	5 (23.8%)
8	7 (33.3%)	6 (28.6%)	5 (23.8%)	2 (9.5%)	1 (4.8%)
9	7 (33.3%)	4 (19.0%)	6 (28.6%)	1 (4.8%)	3 (14.3%)
10	9 (42.9%)	2 (9.5%)	6 (28.6%)	1 (4.8%)	3 (14.3%)
11	6 (28.6%)	6 (28.6%)	4 (19.0%)	-	5 (23.8%)
12	8 (38.1%)	2 (9.5%)	5 (23.8%)	-	6 (28.6%)
13	6 (28.6%)	2 (9.5%)	9 (42.9%)	1 (4.8%)	3 (14.3%)

Questions/ Answers	Always	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
14	6 (28.6%)	3 (14.3%)	7 (33.3%)	1 (4.8%)	4 (19.0%)
15	8 (38.1%)	5 (23.8%)	5 (23.8%)	1 (4.8%)	2 (9.5%)
16	14 (66.7%)	3 (14.3%)	1 (4.8%)	1 (4.8%)	2 (9.5%)
17	15 (71.4%)	3 (14.3%)	-	1 (4.8%)	2 (9.5%)
18	2 (9.5%)	3 (14.3%)	6 (28.6%)	2 (9.5%)	8 (38.1%)

Questions	p-value
Do you pay attention to your son/daughter when they speak?	0.038*
Do you talk about what the child is paying attention to?	0.861
Do you usually ask your son/daughter how their day was at school or anywhere else they went to?	0.692
Do you usually compliment your child when they do something positive?	0.884
Do you talk to your son/daughter while carrying out routine tasks?	0.181
Do you show new things to your son/daughter or talk about some they have seen or heard?	0.111
Have you ever called your son’s/daughter’s attention to what words and letters sound like?	0.002*
Do you explain the meaning of words your child does not know yet?	0.458
Do you usually read to your son/daughter?	0.402
Do you usually look at pictures in books and talk about them with your son/daughter?	0.412
Do you tell stories to your son/daughter?	0.524
Do you ask your child questions about the story you have read or told them?	0.287
Does your son/daughter have access to books, magazines, comic books besides those provided by the school?	0.362
Do you usually show your child day-to-day examples of writing?	0.368
Do you usually draw with your son/daughter and encourage them to do it?	0.544
Do you teach/encourage your son/daughter to write their name?	0.036*
Do you teach/encourage your son/daughter to write numbers and alphabet letters?	0.492
Do you include your son/daughter in writing tasks, like making a shopping list or writing a note to someone?	0.391

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