Reaching for success: A close-up of Mexican immigrant parents in the USA who foster literacy success for their kindergarten children

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-269

  Gillanders, Cristina ^a   Jiménez, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingual children; emergent literacy; family influence; kindergarten children; parent role; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248708456     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798404044513     Document Type: Article

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