Children bring more to school than their backpacks: Starting school down under

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2003, Pages 5-14

  Margetts, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child characteristics; Family demographics; Prior to school care; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064028951     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350293X.2003.12016701     Document Type: Article

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