Size matters: Early vocabulary as a predictor of language and literacy competence

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Once upon a Time: Parent-Child Dialogue and Storybook Reading in the Electronic Era. (2013, background): “The vocabulary benefits of dialogic reading could have a direct effect on later reading ability, as vocabulary size at age 2 has recently been shown to predict fifth grade reading skills (Lee, 2011).”
Decoding and Reading Comprehension (2014, unknown): “…Jarmulowicz, Hay, Taran, & Ethington, 2008; Joshi & Aaron, 2000; Kitz & Nash, 1992; Klauda & Guthrie, 2008; Landi, 2010; Leather & Henry, 1994; Lee, 2011; Miller & Schwanenflugel, 2008; Nunes, Bryant, & Barros, 2012; Pritchard & Romeo, 2000; Stuart, 2004; Taylor, Greenberg, Laures-Gore, &…”
Why poor children are more likely to become poor readers: the early years (2014, background): “…is also some evidence that the expressive vocabulary of children as young as two years old is predictive of their language and reading skills up to Grade 5 (Lee 2011), and that the predictive power of vocabulary growth at age three extends to children at the age of 13 years (Farkas and Beron 2004).”