Children's acquisition of early literacy skills: Examining family contributions

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 295-317

  Bennett, Kymberley K ^a   Weigel, Daniel J ^b   Martin, Sally S ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family as Educator; Parent Child Care Partnership; Resilient Family

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036387875     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(02)00166-7     Document Type: Article

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