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Tell me a story: Interweaving cultural and restorative strands into early storytelling experiences

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The social world of the preschooler finds meaning and expression through story, sometimes in the context of oral exchanges between adult and child as they experience life together, but frequently from the child care provider's words during shared book experiences.

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  1. Department of Reading, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, USA

    Margaret Humadi Genisio (Assistant Professor)

  2. Department of Early Childhood Education at Temple University, USA

    Cathleen S. Soundy (Associate Professor)

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Genisio, M.H., Soundy, C.S. Tell me a story: Interweaving cultural and restorative strands into early storytelling experiences. Early Childhood Educ J 22, 24–31 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02361424

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