Successful transitions: Social competencies help pave the way into kindergarten and school

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2003, Pages 25-33

  Griebel, Wilfried ^a   Niesel, Renate ^a  

^a State Institute of Early Childhood Education and Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developing resilience; Learning competencies; Transition into school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980524724     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350293X.2003.12016703     Document Type: Article

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