2011 The Palm Beach County Family Study (Full Report)

Table C- 11. Emerging Literacy and Pre-academic Skills of Focal Children by Nativity at Year 5 aPreliteracy/Pre-academic Behaviors% AllMothers% Foreignborn% U.S.-born(N=310) (n=167) (n=143)Child scribbles or draws on paper 99 99 99Child looks at picture books on his/her own b 99 99 99Child points to pictures while looking at picture books b 98 99 98Child can count up to 10 c 99 98 99Child says the names of the colors (red, yellow, blue, green) d 97 96 99Child points to colors when you say the names (red, yellow, blue,green) d 96 95 97Child can say most of the names of the letters d *** 90 83 98Child pretends to read the words in a book b 91 90 92Child can tell what is in each picture in a picture book b 98 98 99Child can draw one or more shapes that you can recognize c * 82 76 88Child points to letters of the alphabet when you say the names b ** 79 73 86Child tells you what he/she has drawn 89 86 92Child tries to draw shapes, numbers, or letters 88 86 92Child can draw one or more letters that you can recognize^ 67 62 73Child draws pictures of people or objects 72 69 75Child reads the written words in a book b * 29 23 35a Data were weighted to adjust for the oversampling of mothers in the Glades and mothers screened “at risk.”bPercentages indicate mothers who responded “sometimes” or “almost all the time” (versus “almost never”) on a 3-point scale.cPercentages indicate mothers who responded “yes” (versus “no) to item.dMothers were asked whether child can point or say “all,” “most,” “some,” or “none” of the names, colors, and letters.Chi-square analysis indicates that differences are statistically significant at ^p < .10, *p < .05, **p < .01, or ***p < .001.Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago 197