Mothers' reading-related activities at home and learning to read during kindergarten

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-264

  Silinskas, Gintautas ^a   Parrila, Rauno ^b   Lerkkanen, Marja Kristiina ^a   Poikkeus, Anna Maija ^a   Niemi, Pekka ^c   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Kindergarten; Shared reading; Teaching letters; Teaching of reading; Word reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953614692     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-010-0014-9     Document Type: Article

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