'five on the first of december!’: What can we learn from case studies of early childhood literacy?

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 291-313

  Brooker, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethnic minority children; family literacy practices; home and school pedagogies; home school communications; school literacy practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993768032     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14687984020023003     Document Type: Article

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