Oral Storytelling within the Context of the Parent-Child Relationship

Posted on July 15, 2006  |    Language and Communication, research   | Keywords:

oral-storytellingPatricia A. Cutspec, Ph.D.

This research summary focuses on the practice of oral storytelling, which has been shown to enhance emergent literacy and language development in young children.
A thorough review of the literature reveals the need for parents and other adult caregivers to gain awareness of multifaceted approaches to emergent literacy.
Specifically, it is important to grasp that a love for literacy develops through experiences with adult caregivers. In fact, oral storytelling appears to be just as important to emergent literacy as reading to children.

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