Child and home predictors of early numeracy skills in kindergarten

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 471-477

  Kleemans, Tijs ^a   Peeters, Marieke ^a   Segers, Eliane ^a   Verhoeven, Ludo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early numeracy; Home numeracy experiences; Parent child activities; Parents' expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864019538     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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