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ERIC Number: EJ596480
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1911
Sharing Books with Babies: Evaluation of an Early Literacy Intervention.
Hardman, Margaret; Jones, Lynn
Educational Review, v51 n3 p221-29 Nov 1999
Evaluation of an early literacy initiative in which free books and literacy information were given to 40 caregivers of infants. Compared book-related activity in the home before and 2 months after the program. Results showed significant increases in book ownership and frequency of mothers and babies looking at children's books together. (SK)
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Family Literacy, Foreign Countries, Infants, Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United Kingdom