Nurturing emergent readers through readers theater

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 317-323

  Moran, Kelli Jo Kerry ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choral reading; Drama; Emergent literacy; Readers theater; Readers theatre

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746428753     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-006-0089-8     Document Type: Article

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