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Encouraging extended conversations with young children

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It is largely through conversations with more experienced adults that children come to learn about the world outside their own personal experiences.

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  1. Early Childhood Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA

    Dwight L. Rogers (Assistant Professor)

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Rogers, D.L. Encouraging extended conversations with young children. Early Childhood Educ J 15, 23–27 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02361505

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