Two is greater than three: Effects of older siblings on parental support of preschoolers' counting in middle-income families

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-20

  Benigno, Joann P ^a   Ellis, Shari ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Counting; Parent child interaction; Preschoolers; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842810914     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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