Young children's literacy-related play

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 707-721

  Saracho, Olivia N ^a   Spodek, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental theories; Literacy; Literacy play; Play

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449163702     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430500207021     Document Type: Article

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