Effects of junior kindergarten on emerging literacy in children from low-income and linguistic-minority families

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 209-215

  Pagani, Linda S ^a   Jalbert, Julie ^a   Lapointe, Pierre ^a   Hébert, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early childhood enrichment; Linguistic differences; Linguistic minority children; Poverty; Second language: junior kindergarten

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745102456     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-005-0031-5     Document Type: Article

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