Developing Reading Partnerships Between Parents and Children: A Reflection on the Reading Together Program

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-121

  Sukhram, Diana Patricia ^a   Hsu, Amy ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Early literacy; Emergent literacy; Parent involvement; Reading; Reading partnership; Shared reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858294198     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-011-0500-y     Document Type: Review

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