Families as social contexts for literacy development
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
- Vol. 1993 (61), 11-24
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cd.23219936103
Abstract
Parents' most important contributions to their children's literacy development may come through language interactions rather than print-related activities.Keywords
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