An evaluation of Family Literacy Bags as a vehicle for parent involvement

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 359-370

  Dever, Martha T ^a   Burts, Diane C ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Literacy bags; Parent involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344277716     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430212721     Document Type: Article

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