Pre-K music and the emergent reader: Promoting literacy in a music-enhanced environment

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-64

  Wiggins, Donna Gwyn ^a  

^a WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's books and music; Early childhood and music integration; Early childhood music; Literacy and music; Music and emergent literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547142350     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-007-0167-6     Document Type: Article

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