Pathways to literacy: Connections between family assets and preschool children's emergent literacy skills

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-22

  Weigel, Daniel J ^a   Martin, Sally S ^a   Bennett, Kymberley K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family assets; Family resources; Family routines; Literacy development; Parenting stress; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649260435     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X09345518     Document Type: Article

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