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Andrews, Rebecca; Van Bergen, Penny; Wyver, Shirley – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
We investigated how educators, mothers and children used temporal language in reminiscing and future talk conversations. Participants initially included 40 educator-younger child dyads (27-36 months) and 45 educator-older child dyads (48-60 months) from early childhood centres in Sydney, Australia. Educators were asked to nominate and discuss four…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Language Usage
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Andrews, Rebecca; Van Bergen, Penny; Wyver, Shirley – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research findings: No research to date has compared mental state language (MSL) in conversations between children and different adult talk partners, such as mothers and educators. The aim of this study was to investigate the use of MSL (verbalization of mental states such as remembering, knowing and thinking) by children, educators, and mothers…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Thinking Skills
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van Rooijen, Martin; Lensvelt-Mulders, Gerty; Wyver, Shirley; Duyndam, Joachim – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2020
Childcare settings offer an ideal opportunity for children to become acquainted with risk-taking in play, which promotes healthy growth and development. Van Rooijen and Newstead's (2016) model, based on a review of international literature, has identified the main challenges for childcare professionals when promoting risky play, namely;…
Descriptors: Risk, Play, Child Care, Child Development