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Peter Jensen; Nina Madsen Sjö – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2024
Children's emergent mathematics skills are important predictors of their later achievements. We analyze and present the effects of a large-scale school readiness intervention in preschools in Denmark. We thereby provide evidence on the effects of a broadly based professional development program (with supporting materials) implemented in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschools, Preschool Children, Child Care
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Laura M. Justice; Hui Jiang; Julie Planke; Kelly Purtell; Logan Pelfrey; Rebecca Dore – Grantee Submission, 2024
Background: Home-visiting programs are an often-used intervention for supporting the well-being of families with young children, and there is long-standing interest among researchers in ensuring the effectiveness of this practice. Especially, retention and attrition play important roles in achieving desired outcomes of the intervention. Objective:…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Kindergarten, Young Children, School Readiness
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Alfredo Bautista; Kate E. Williams; Kerry Lee; Siu-Ping Ng – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2024
Self-regulation is arguably one of the most crucial predictors of school readiness, academic achievement, and lifelong well-being. While educators in the prior-to-school years have a pivotal role to play in stimulating growth in early self-regulation, less is known about their knowledge and practices in this area. This interview study was…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Teacher Attitudes, Self Control
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Samira Amirazizi; Emily Edelman; Erin Dowdy; Matthew Quirk – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2024
This study examined the impact of a virtual parenting intervention designed to support parents of incoming kindergartners (N = 45) by bolstering their parental self-efficacy during the summer of 2020, immediately following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, this group-based intervention provided parents with weekly psychoeducation…
Descriptors: Parents, Self Efficacy, School Readiness, Summer Programs
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Michaelene M. Ostrosky; Paddy C. Favazza; Hsiu-Wen Yang; Melissa V. Stalega; Katherine Aronson-Ensign; W. Catherine Cheung; Yusuf Akemoglu; Martin E. Block; Ngai Kwan – Infants and Young Children, 2024
A semistructured preschool motor program was developed in response to the paucity of evidence-based motor programs for preschoolers with disabilities in inclusive classrooms. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was undertaken to examine the impact of the "CHildren in Action: Motor Program for PreschoolerS (CHAMPPS)," a 21-week…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Movement Education, Preschool Children
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He Huang; Biying Hu; Timothy W. Curby; Xiaozi Gao; Bo Lv – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
This study examines the development of children's social skills during the crucial transition from kindergarten to grade school. It explores the long-term connection between parenting styles and children's social skills. This study conducted a three-year longitudinal survey involving 121 children and their parents. The results show that early…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Intervention, Interpersonal Competence, Foreign Countries