"I didn't expect that i would get tons of friends more each day": Children's experiences of friendship during the transition to school

Early Years

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-53

  Peters, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Friends; Transition To School

Indexed keywords

EID: 85065356991     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0957514032000045564     Document Type: Article

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