Preschool Home Literacy Practices and Children's Literacy Development: A Longitudinal Analysis

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-271

  Hood, Michelle ^a   Conlon, Elizabeth ^a   Andrews, Glenda ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

early home literacy environment; parent child reading; phonological processing; print exposure; reading development

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449094725     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.100.2.252     Document Type: Article

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