Supporting literacy and play in early childhood programs: Promising practices and continuing challenges

Play and Literacy in Early Childhood: Research from Multiple Perspectives, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 101-118

  Dunn, Loraine ^a   Ann Beach, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 79958183593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315089720-6     Document Type: Chapter

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