Community-Based Family Literacy Program: Comparing Different Durations and Family Characteristics
Table 2
Striving readers literacy program family storyteller program for preschoolers: frequency of family or child reading or language and literacy activities between before survey and after survey.
Category
6-week ()
t
4-week ()
Before survey
After survey
Before survey
After survey
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
Indirect child outcomes
How often does your child ask to be read to?
2.56 (1.05)
3.39 (.69)
9.35
2.78 (.85)
3.48 (.76)
8.54
How often does your child look at books by himself or herself?
2.65 (1.08)
3.51 (.62)
9.64
3.01 (.75)
3.63 (.62)
7.93
How often does your child draw pictures?
2.84 (1.00)
3.54 (.63)
8.80
3.55 (.70)
3.70 (.55)
2.21
Family outcomes
How often do you or another family member read a picture book with your child?
2.39 (1.11)
3.45 (.69)
11.33
2.95 (.74)
3.50 (.60)
8.05
How often do you or another family member sing or recite rhymes to your child?
2.38 (.96)
3.38 (.80)
11.44
2.50 (1.01)
3.33 (.80)
8.96
How often do you or another family member tell your child stories?
2.47 (.90)
3.45 (.72)
12.33
3.14 (.89)
3.64 (.64)
6.12
How often do you or another family member play games with your child?
2.18 (1.03)
3.42 (.69)
15.15
2.48 (.92)
3.52 (.68)
12.75
How often do you go to the library with your child?
1.70 (.84)
2.81 (1.10)
11.89
1.49 (.77)
2.45 (.97)
10.84
Note: scale ranging from 1 (hardly ever) to 4 (almost daily); and .
