Engagement with print: Low-income families and Head Start children

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-175

  Lynch, Jacqueline ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early literacy; Family literacy; Geographical context; Low income families; Parent child interactions; Print literacy activities and knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 46449123126     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: 17412919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798408091853     Document Type: Article

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