This exploration of school readiness focuses on how the home literacy environment, parenting behavior, and social characteristics are associated with two aspects of school readiness: basic skills, such as reading and math; and behavior problems, including sad/anxious behavior and aggressive behavior.

Because school readiness is important for children, for their families, and for society at large, this book focuses on how the home literacy environment, parenting behavior, and social characteristics are associated with two aspects of school readiness: basic skills, such as and behavior problems, including sad/anxious behavior and aggressive behavior. This exploration of school readiness focuses on how the home literacy environment, parenting behavior, and social characteristics are associated with two aspects of school readiness: basic skills, such as reading and math; and behavior problems, including sad/anxious behavior and aggressive behavior. Because resources for school-readiness programs are limited, it is particularly important to focus these resources on the children who need them most those whose mothers are poorly educated and those living in poor neighborhoods.