McLachlan, Claire2026-02-032026-02-032025McLachlan, C., & Hargraves, V. (2025). The relationship between home and early childhood setting in supporting early literacy. Research on Preschool and Primary Education, 3(1), 230-244. https://doi.org/10.55976/rppe.320251356230-2443005-2629https://hdl.handle.net/10289/17911This review examines the relationship between language and literacy experience in the home environment and their implications for literacy in early childhood settings. Building on early sociocultural research into how children develop language and literacy within the home environments, recent research on how home environments support children's developing language and literacy knowledge and skills are explored, along with the research on the importance of 'serve and return' interactions between caregivers and young children for maximum brain development and language acquisition. The review also examines research on the use of multimodal literacies in home environments, along with the contribution of family literacy models to understanding how families support children's development. The implications of this body of research are examined in relation to what it means for early childhood teachers to support literacy learning and development in diverse learners and create a reciprocal learning environment for literacy.enCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Journal Article10.55976/rppe.320251356230-2443005-26294704 Linguistics3901 Curriculum and Pedagogy3903 Education Systems3904 Specialist Studies In Education39 Education47 Language, Communication and Culture4 Quality Education