Unlocking the door: Is parents' reading to children the key to early literacy development?

Canadian Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-88

  Phillips, Linda M ^a,c   Norris, Stephen P ^a   Anderson, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early literacy; Literacy development; Print concepts; Reading skills and strategies; Shared book reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949130079     PISSN: 07085591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0708-5591.49.2.82     Document Type: Review

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