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How Songs and Poems Help Your Childrent to Read
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Eric Litwin
A repost of an article fathat first appeared int the Fall editions of The Missouri Reader.
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Annemarie Jay, Ph.D., is emeritus at Widener University where she was the former Director of Graduate Reading Programs. She is a co-editor of PA Reads and an advisory board member for LEADER, a special interest group of ILA.
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