Mother-child joint writing in an environmental print setting: Relations with emergent literacy

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1349-1369

  Neumann, Michelle M ^a   Hood, Michelle ^a   Ford, Ruth M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

emergent literacy; environmental print; joint writing; mother child interactions; preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864999921     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2011.615928     Document Type: Article

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