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Activity Settings and Daily Routines in Preschool Classrooms: Diverse Experiences in Early Learning Settings for Low-Income Children
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Fuligni, Allison Sidle; Howes, Carollee; Huang, Yiching; Hong, Sandra Soliday; Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2012
This paper examines activity settings and daily classroom routines experienced by 3- and 4-year-old low-income children in public center-based preschool programs, private center-based programs, and family child care homes. Two daily routine profiles were identified using a time-sampling coding procedure: a High Free-Choice pattern in which…
Descriptors: Play, School Readiness, Group Activities, Fantasy
Getting Ready for School: An Examination of Early Childhood Educators' Belief Systems
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Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz; Fuligni, Allison Sidle; Ritchie, Sharon; Howes, Carollee; Karoly, Lynn – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2008
This study examines early childhood educators' beliefs about "what" children need prior to before entering kindergarten. Focus group interviews were conducted with early childhood educators from three learning settings: public center-based programs, private center-based programs, and family child care centers. Qualitative methods were used to…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Teachers, School Readiness, Young Children
A Qualitative Study of Early Childhood Educators' Beliefs about Key Preschool Classroom Experiences
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Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz; Fuligni, Allison Sidle; Daugherty, Lindsay; Howes, Carollee; Karoly, Lynn – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2009
The aim of the study was to uncover early childhood educators' beliefs about how to best work with children getting ready for kindergarten. The study involved 11 focus groups with providers from three types of early education settings located in Los Angeles County: (1) public center-based programs, (2) private center-based programs, and (3) family…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Focus Groups, Young Children, Kindergarten
Low-Income Children's School Readiness: Parent Contributions over the First Five Years
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Chazan-Cohen, Rachel; Raikes, Helen; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Ayoub, Catherine; Pan, Barbara Alexander; Kisker, Ellen E.; Roggman, Lori; Fuligni, Allison Sidle – Early Education and Development, 2009
Early development is likely influenced by quality of early parenting and improvements or declines in quality over time. Little is known about how changes in different dimensions of parenting influence child outcomes, nor the relative sizes of associations when considering several aspects simultaneously. These questions are addressed in the Early…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, School Readiness, Low Income Groups, Disadvantaged Youth