Mothers' literacy beliefs: Connections with the home literacy environment and pre-school children's literacy development

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-211

  Weigel, Daniel J ^a   Martin, Sally S ^a   Bennett, Kymberley K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

home literacy environment; literacy development; parent literacy; pre school children

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248707890     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798406066444     Document Type: Article

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