Early childhood educators' use of language-support practices with 4-year-old children in child care centers

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 371-379

  Bouchard, Caroline ^a   Bigras, Nathalie ^a   Cantin, Gilles ^a   Coutu, Sylvain ^b   Blain Brière, Bénédicte ^a   Eryasa, Joell ^a   Charron, Annie ^a   Brunson, Liesette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child care; Daycare services; Early childhood education; Language support practices, interaction and language

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952951146     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-009-0355-7     Document Type: Article

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