What Counts as Literacy in Early Childhood?

Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 274-294

  Snow, Catherine E ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Community focused; Holistic; Literate child; Precursor skills; Solitary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889433468     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757703.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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