The Role of Mealtimes in Fostering Language Development and Aligning Home and School Learning: Protocol for a Multi-Method Study of Preschool Children in Rural Kenya and Zambia

Henriette Zeidler   ¹ , PhD ;   Claire Farrow   ¹ , PhD ;   Megan Jarman   ¹ , PhD ;   Grace Koteng   ² , PhD ;   Barnabas Simatende   ³ , PhD ;   Danielle Matthews   ⁴ , PhD ;   Haatembo Mooya   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Laura R Shapiro   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Pamela Wadende   ^{2 *} , PhD

¹ School of Psychology, College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

² Department of Educational Psychology, School of Education and Human Resource Development, Kisii University, Kericho, Kenya

³ Department of Psychology, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally