Contributions of the home literacy environment to preschool-aged children's emerging literacy and language skills

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 357-378

  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

Language; Literacy; Parent child literacy and language activities; Parental demographics; Parental literacy habits; Parental reading beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449105457     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430500063747     Document Type: Article

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