Promoting early literacy skills: Effects of In-service education for early childhood educators

Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-18

  Flowers, Heather ^a   Girolametto, Luigi ^a   Weitzman, Elaine ^b   Greenberg, Janice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Hanen Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child care; Children; Early childhood education; Early literacy; Interactive book reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447551565     PISSN: 1913200X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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