Letter knowledge in parent-child conversations: Differences between families differing in socio-economic status

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Robins, Sarah ^a   Ghosh, Dina ^b   Rosales, Nicole ^b   Treiman, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Home literacy environment; Letter knowledge; Parent child conversations; Preschool children; Socioeconomic status (SES)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904564242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00632     Document Type: Article

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