Sharing information books with kindergartners: The role of parents' extra-textual talk and socioeconomic status

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 399-410

  Mol, Suzanne E ^a,b   Neuman, Susan B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family literacy; Information books; Parent child interaction; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927126034     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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