Home literacy activities and their influence on early literacy skills

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 65-75

  Evans, Mary Ann ^a   Shaw, Deborah ^b   Bell, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; STIMULATION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING;

EID: 0034201192     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087330     Document Type: Article

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