Teaching reading in the early years: Exploring home and kindergarten relationships

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 767-785

  Al Momani, Ibrahim A ^a   Ihmeideh, Fathi M ^b   Naba'h, Abdallah M Abu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Home kindergarten relationship; Learning to read; Parent involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953655968     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430802352376     Document Type: Article

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