FAMILY LITERACY PRACTICES FOR PRESCHOOLERS
preschool; parents; Child Language
Introduction: Family literacy is a construct of practices that includes all the resources, experiences and supports related to skills that promote children's development at home, including the ways in which they engage in literacy activities with other family members. When thinking about the importance for learning, it is described that children's experiences with family literacy practices shape their learning development, including in the areas of vocabulary, letter knowledge and reading comprehension. Objective: To map family literacy practices used with preschoolers and analyze the effectiveness of family literacy practices as an early stimulation strategy. Methods: This study is structured into three studies: (1) a scoping review developed according to the methodology of the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers' Manual12, and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR); (2) This is a longitudinal, prospective, quantitative and qualitative study, which will be carried out between August 2024 and January 2025. The study population will consist of 20 children of both genders, aged between 15 months and 2 years and 6 months; (3) a longitudinal, analytical study, approved by the Research Ethics Committee under opinion no. 4.425.211. The sample consisted of 722 preschoolers of both genders, aged between 0 and 5 years. The COVID19-HELP Questionnaire was applied digitally, to be answered by the child's main caregiver. Results: With regard to the review study, the search strategy in the databases retrieved 1092 references, totaling 1075 after removing duplicates. After reading, 14 studies were excluded, resulting in 29 studies included for the final synthesis of the scoping review. As regards the analysis of the effectiveness of family literacy practices, the results will be analyzed and included in the final version of this dissertation. Conclusion: According to study 1, based on the mapping of practices carried out with preschoolers, it was possible to observe the predominance of informal practices. Among the activities carried out, the most cited was reading books, followed by shared reading.