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Written Language & Literacy
Vol. 25:2 (2022) ► pp.183–203

Family literacy practices and their contribution to emergent literacy skills during the COVID-19 pandemic

| Universidade Lusíada | Centro de Investigação em Psicologia para o Desenvolvimento (CIPD)
| Câmara Municipal Loulé | Centro de Investigação em Psicologia para o Desenvolvimento (CIPD)
| Universidade Lusíada | Centro de Investigação em Psicologia para o Desenvolvimento (CIPD)
| Centro de Investigação em Psicologia para o Desenvolvimento (CIPD)

To develop emergent literacy skills, preschool children need to be supported by adults in a rich and stimulating environment. During the first lockdown due to the SARS-CoV2 virus, there were several social, family, technological, and individual barriers to promote family literacy and emergent literacy. In the present study, we aimed to provide insight on the relationship between family literacy practices and emergent literacy skills among preschool children after the first confinement due to COVID-19 pandemic. This study included 102 participants, which consisted of parents (90.2% mothers) and one preschool child per parent. Results showed evidence of a higher frequency of training and teaching activities than family literacy playful activities. There were statistically significant differences in emergent skills, according to the frequency of family playful activities and family training and teaching activities. Results suggest that different family literacy practices are significantly correlated to all the emergent literacy skills evaluated.

Keywords: family practices, family literacy, emergent literacy, lockdown, preschool
Article outline
  • Introduction
    • Emergent literacy skills
    • Emergent literacy and family practices
    • Emergent literacy during COVID-19 pandemic
    • Research aims and expectations
  • Method
    • Participants
    • Measures
      • Child emergent literacy
      • Family literacy practices
      • Background variables
    • Procedures
    • Data analysis
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • Conflict of interest
  • References
Published online: 6 December 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.00066.cru
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