Linking home and school literacy in an inner city reception class

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-149

  Feiler, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

early literacy development; parental involvement; play

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746463333     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798405054582     Document Type: Article

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