Promoting school and life success through early childhood family literacy

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 403-406

  Swick, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Family centered approaches; Family literacy; Parenting; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349213320     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-009-0305-4     Document Type: Article

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