The home literacy environment and Latino head start children's emergent literacy skills

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 775-791

  Farver, Jo Ann M ^a   Xu, Yiyuan ^b   Lonigan, Christopher J ^c   Eppe, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early literacy; English language learners; Head Start; Home literacy environment; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SIBLING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCULTURATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTILINGUALISM; PARENTS; READING; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84876105849     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028766     Document Type: Article

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