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Designing an instrument for direct observation of parent's and child's language and play

The authors developed the Observational scale of family literacy environment aimed for direct assessment of the quality of parent-child verbal interactions during semi-structured play. The scale provides the assessment of symbolic actions and verbal encouragements as well as parent's reactions to child's speech and play. It enables the possibility of objective assessment of the actvities, provided by parents to support child's language and early literacy development.

B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference

COBISS.SI-ID: 43503458

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Examining the effect of parental education and child's storybook exposure on child's storytelling

The authors presented the results of their study on the role of parental education and knowledge of children's books on child's storytelling. The results showed that children whose parents were higly educated and knew more children's books, told stories on higher developmental levels. The findings indicate an important role of parent-child joint reading in child's storytelling development.

B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference

COBISS.SI-ID: 43663202