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View article: Parenting and Coping During a Crisis: A Qualitative Cross-Cultural Study Two Years After COVID-19
Parenting and Coping During a Crisis: A Qualitative Cross-Cultural Study Two Years After COVID-19 Open
The COVID-19 pandemic unprecedentedly challenged families worldwide, yet little is known about how parents from diverse cultural contexts retrospectively interpret their parenting roles and coping strategies. This study explores parenting …
View article: Engagement of networks related to attention, executive function, and sensory processing during parental vs experimenter story-listening: an fMRI study
Engagement of networks related to attention, executive function, and sensory processing during parental vs experimenter story-listening: an fMRI study Open
Background Caregivers shape children’s reading abilities and neural networks. While joint reading is well-studied, the impact of parental storytelling on reading-related networks (executive function [EF], attention, sensory processing) bef…
View article: Home Literacy and Mathematics in Bulgaria, Israel, Spain, and the U.S.: How Do Preschool Parents Socialize Academic Readiness?
Home Literacy and Mathematics in Bulgaria, Israel, Spain, and the U.S.: How Do Preschool Parents Socialize Academic Readiness? Open
Previous research shows that preschool parents in the United States (U.S.) prioritize literacy over mathematics, despite the importance of both subjects for their child’s future academic success. However, less is known about how parents in…
View article: Parents’ Literacy Beliefs, Home Literacy Activities, and Children’s Early Literacy Skills: Stability and Progress Approaching First Grade
Parents’ Literacy Beliefs, Home Literacy Activities, and Children’s Early Literacy Skills: Stability and Progress Approaching First Grade Open
This study explores the stability and progress of parents’ literacy beliefs and home literacy activities and their relationships with their children’s early literacy skills in their last year of preschool. Participants were 50 preschool ch…
View article: ‘Let's write a shopping list on the phone together’: Parents' digital literacy activities with their preschoolers and the children's early literacy skills
‘Let's write a shopping list on the phone together’: Parents' digital literacy activities with their preschoolers and the children's early literacy skills Open
Background The study describes preschoolers' digital home environment, focusing on parent–child writing interactions using a smartphone and exploring its contribution to children's early literacy. Methods Participants were 65 Israeli presc…
View article: Hebrew–Russian Bilingual Children's Early Literacy Skills: The Roles of the Home Literacy Environment and Mothers' Writing Support
Hebrew–Russian Bilingual Children's Early Literacy Skills: The Roles of the Home Literacy Environment and Mothers' Writing Support Open
Today, many children worldwide grow up in bilingual or multilingual families. This study explores early literacy development in Russian–Hebrew bilingual families in Israel. It studies the contribution of the home literacy environment (HLE)…
View article: Preschool teachers’ literacy beliefs, their evaluations of children’s writing, and their recommendations for ways to support it
Preschool teachers’ literacy beliefs, their evaluations of children’s writing, and their recommendations for ways to support it Open
Preschool teachers’ literacy-related beliefs and literacy knowledge relate to their educational practices and preschoolers’ literacy skills. In this light, we explored how preschool teachers’ beliefs regarding early literacy and its promot…
View article: The Effects of Psychological Factors on Male Youth Violent Behavior in Pakistan
The Effects of Psychological Factors on Male Youth Violent Behavior in Pakistan Open
Pakistan is a country prone to violence at every level either in national or at wider level. There is a miss notion that violence among youth in Pakistan is generally linked with religious thoughts. Same as other countries where certain fa…
View article: Forums for Parents of Young Children: Parents’ Online Conversations in Israel and France
Forums for Parents of Young Children: Parents’ Online Conversations in Israel and France Open
This paper compares discussions in online forums on the parenting of young children in France and Israel through a cross-national perspective. We mapped and coded the activity in four major forums on early-age parenting, two in each countr…
View article: The COVID-19 Pandemic: Changes in Parent–Child Activities at Home from Spring 2020 to Spring 2021 from a Cross-Cultural View
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Changes in Parent–Child Activities at Home from Spring 2020 to Spring 2021 from a Cross-Cultural View Open
This study explored young children’s (2–8 years old) daily activities during the first lockdown with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic (spring/2020, T1) and a year later (spring/2021, T2) from a cross-cultural perspective. It describes…
View article: Parent–Preschooler Writing on an Internet Forum as a Potential Platform for Promoting Respectful Online Discourse and Executive Functions
Parent–Preschooler Writing on an Internet Forum as a Potential Platform for Promoting Respectful Online Discourse and Executive Functions Open
This research explored young children’s online writing with the support of their parents. In this pioneering study, we explored the nature of the online discourse. We studied parents’ potential influence on their children’s executive funct…
View article: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Parents’ Book Selection & Shared Reading Practices in Spain and Israel
A Cross-Cultural Examination of Parents’ Book Selection & Shared Reading Practices in Spain and Israel Open
Research Findings: Cultural differences emerge in the home literacy environment and the nature of shared book-reading (SBR), yet the impact of culture on parents' book selection remains unexplored, despite the centrality of the book in SBR…
View article: Parents’ understanding of early writing development and ways to promote it: Relations with their own children’s early writing
Parents’ understanding of early writing development and ways to promote it: Relations with their own children’s early writing Open
The study examined how parents’ understanding of early writing development was reflected in how they analyzed anonymous preschool children’s writings and the support they offered to promote these children’s writing. It also assessed how th…
View article: “Side by side”: Comparing how Israeli secular and religious mothers read a story about the <scp>Israeli‐Palestinian</scp> conflict to young children
“Side by side”: Comparing how Israeli secular and religious mothers read a story about the <span>Israeli‐Palestinian</span> conflict to young children Open
The Israeli‐Palestinian conflict has deleterious effects on children. Our research observed mothers' conversations with their 5‐7‐year‐old children about the conflict during shared book reading (SBR) of a fiction book, indirectly depicting…
View article: Working adults' future occupational plans: the contribution of role characteristics, social support, and occupational self-efficacy
Working adults' future occupational plans: the contribution of role characteristics, social support, and occupational self-efficacy Open
View article: Parent-Child Shared Book Reading and Children’s Language, Literacy, and Empathy Development
Parent-Child Shared Book Reading and Children’s Language, Literacy, and Empathy Development Open
The essay examines the impact on children’s development of shared reading with parents. In particular, the work explores the relationship between the frequency and type of shared reading on one hand, and language, literacy and empathy skil…
View article: A Digital Early Spelling Game: The Role of Auditory and Visual Support
A Digital Early Spelling Game: The Role of Auditory and Visual Support Open
We constructed a computer game to support preschoolers’ early word spelling without an adult’s assistance. The study explored the relative influence of auditory and visual digital supports on children’s performance. Participants were 96 pr…
View article: Does book genre matter? Boys' and girls' word learning from narrative and informational books in the preschool years
Does book genre matter? Boys' and girls' word learning from narrative and informational books in the preschool years Open
Background The current study aims to address whether boys and girls learn words differently from shared reading of informational books, which are often perceived as ‘boys' books’. Methods Forty‐five mother‐child dyads (Mean age = 60.4 mont…
View article: Understanding Parents’ Attitudes Towards Complexity in Children's Books
Understanding Parents’ Attitudes Towards Complexity in Children's Books Open
Experts in children's literature and child development value complexity in the language, socio-emotional content, and structure of books, yet little is known regarding parents’ attitudes towards these aspects. The study thus examined how p…
View article: אמונות של גננות לגבי דרכי הוראה ראויות בגן בכלל ודרכי הוראה לקידום ניצני האוריינות בפרט Kindergarten Teachers’ Beliefs Regarding Appropriate Instruction in General, and Early Literacy Instruction in Particular
אמונות של גננות לגבי דרכי הוראה ראויות בגן בכלל ודרכי הוראה לקידום ניצני האוריינות בפרט Kindergarten Teachers’ Beliefs Regarding Appropriate Instruction in General, and Early Literacy Instruction in Particular Open
תקציר בעברית: במחקר הוערכו בעזרת שאלון האמונות של גננות לגבי דרכי ההוראה הראויות לקידום ילדי גן בכלל וניצני אוריינות בפרט. במחקר השתתפו 120 גננות מגנים ממלכתיים וממלכתיים-דתיים, העובדות עם ילדים ממיצב נמוך או בינוני-גבוה. באמצעות שאלון נבד…