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Vladimir E. Martínez-Bello; Herminia Vega-Perona; Isaac Estevan; María del Mar Bernabé-Villodre; Cristina Menescardi-Royuela; Javier Molina-García – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Little is known about the modes of active commuting to and from school (ACS) in toddlers (2-3 years old). The aims of the present study are threefold: (a) to describe the modes of transport to and from early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions in toddlers; (b) to analyze the role of different barriers and neighbourhood…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Transportation, Student Transportation
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Noelia Ceballos; Ángela Saiz-Linares; Teresa Susinos – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2024
The objective is to analyse the progress of a 2-year-olds classroom in a school in Cantabria (Spain) towards an inclusive participation project. The research, carried out over three school years, has been based on the qualitative paradigm and ethnographic approach. A variety of research strategies have been employed: participant observation;…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Inclusion
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Adriano Villar-Aldonza; María-Jesús Mancebón; José-María Gómez- Sancho – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
This study investigates the reasons behind the decision to send children aged under three to ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) and the causes that may explain why some families send their child to ECEC once they reach the age of two while others decide to do so at an earlier age. To answer the first question posed a probit model is used,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Infants, Toddlers
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Yolanda Sánchez-Sandoval; Natalia Jiménez-Luque – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
According to the Ecological Model, positive parenting depends on three factors: psychosocial context, the children's needs and parental competences. This cross-sectional study analyzes parental competences, perception of efficacy and parenting satisfaction, among Spanish fathers and mothers with young children aged 0-3 years, and examines their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Competence, Fathers, Mothers
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Rosa Vilaseca; Magda Rivero; David Leiva; Fina Ferrer – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2023
Parenting is a key factor for the development of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Therefore, early intervention programs should target parenting behaviors to improve children's developmental outcomes. The present study analyzed the effect of parental behaviors and other family factors on the cognitive and linguistic…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Fathers
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Serrat, Elisabet; Amadó, Anna; Bonet, Aina; Feijóo, Sara; Aguilar-Mediavilla, Eva – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2021
Previous research indicates that developmental contexts influence language development. These developmental contexts include bilingualism, which is the focus of the current paper. This study analyses the influence that the acquisition of a language, Catalan, has when the simultaneous acquisition of another similar language, Spanish, occurs. This…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Family Environment, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary
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Mali A. Waugh; Aaron DeMasi; Michele Gonçalves Maia; Taylor N. Evans; Lana B. Karasik; Sarah E. Berger – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Learning to descend stairs requires motor and cognitive capacities on the part of infants and opportunities for practice and assurance of safety offered by caregivers. The American Academy of Pediatrics prescribes the age strategy to teach toddlers to safely descend stairs but without much consideration for individual differences in infants'…
Descriptors: Child Development, Individual Differences, Toddlers, Safety
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Manrique, Héctor M.; Hernández-Gálvez, Yurena; Hernández-Cabrera, Juan; Álvarez, Carlos J. – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2022
Fifty-one 23-to-55-month-old-infants faced two apparatuses that required the use of a rigid (box apparatus) or flexible (hose apparatus) stick-like tool to retrieve a toy stuck inside. Before attempting the extraction, however, they had to pick the only one tool (of three) on display that had the appropriate rigidity/flexibility to be effective.…
Descriptors: Infants, Comparative Analysis, Object Manipulation, Toys