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Direct linkA. González-Moreira; C. Ferreira; J. Vidal – Preventing School Failure, 2025
The transition from early childhood education to primary education is, in many countries, the beginning of compulsory education. This has meant that much of the research on this transition has focused on academic aspects such as literacy or logical-mathematical competence. The lines of research have changed, and in recent years, very diverse…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, School Readiness
Rouse, Elizabeth; Nicholas, Maria; Garner, Rosemarie – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
In 2017, 5019 educators from primary and preschool settings across Victoria, Australia took part in joint professional learning around effective transition to school processes. Upon registering for this professional learning workshop, participants were invited to identify the most significant challenges associated with transition to school. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Readiness, Elementary School Teachers, Preschool Teachers
Download full textVermont Agency of Education, 2023
Ready for Kindergarten! Survey (R4K!S) is a readiness assessment of children entering kindergarten about students' knowledge and skills within the first six to ten weeks of school. There are many interpretations of what constitutes "readiness." Vermont's concept of children's readiness is multidimensional; it includes social and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, School Readiness, Student Evaluation
Implementation of an Adapted Version of the Zones of Regulation into Integrated Preschool Classrooms
Amanda Budde – ProQuest LLC, 2024
There are five developmental areas: gross motor, fine motor, communication, adaptive behavior, and social-emotional. If social-emotional skills are delayed, all other developmental areas are negatively impacted. Preschool-aged students are incapable of kindergarten readiness if they have a delay in social-emotional development as it impacts their…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Child Development, Social Development
Peer reviewedJamie Heng-Chieh Wu; Hope O. Akaeze; Laurie A. Van Egeren – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 2024
The need for valid and reliable ways to assess developmental outcomes of preschool children becomes continually more acute as public investments in preschool education grow, with corresponding pressure for programs to demonstrate their ability to influence child outcomes. The authors conducted studies of one assessment widely used in Head Start…
Descriptors: Child Development, Preschool Children, Preschools, Preschool Education
China Yolanda Pippin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of kindergarten teachers concerning the skills that demonstrate the five components of readiness as organized by the National Education Goals Panel (NEGP) and to identify which skills kindergarten teachers believe are most important for students to be successful. In November 2023, 136…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Teacher Attitudes, School Readiness
Preedy, Pat; Duncombe, Rebecca; Gorely, Trish – Education 3-13, 2022
Poor physical development in young children has been shown to impact readiness for school, behaviour, social development and academic achievement. This research sought to explore whether a physical intervention programme (Movement for Learning) can improve children's physical development. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children (2nd edition,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Physical Development, Preschool Children, Intervention
González, Meliza; Loose, Tianna; Liz, Maite; Pérez, Mónica; Rodríguez-Vinçon, Juan I.; Tomás-Llerena, Clementina; Vásquez-Echeverría, Alejandro – Child Development, 2022
The COVID-19 context has created the most severe disruption to education systems in recent history. Its impact on child development was estimated comparing two cohorts of 4- to 6-year-old Uruguayan children: control (n = 34,355, 48.87% girls) and COVID cohort (n = 30,158, 48.95% girls) assessed between 2018 and 2020 in three waves, by a routinely…
Descriptors: School Readiness, COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries
Vermont Agency of Education, 2021
Ready for Kindergarten! Survey (R4K!S) is a readiness assessment of children entering kindergarten about students' knowledge and skills within the first six to ten weeks of school. There are many interpretations of what constitutes "readiness." Vermont's concept of children's readiness is multidimensional; it includes social and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, School Readiness, Student Evaluation
W. Catherine Cheung; Michaelene M. Ostrosky – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Going down a slide, dancing to music, and pushing someone on a tire swing are more than simply "play activities" or a means to staying physically fit. Engagement in motor play provides important opportunities for preschoolers to develop a variety of skills, including gross motor, social, communication, and cognitive skills. However,…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Child Development, Play
Brooks, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The study explored teachers' perceptions of how district provided prekindergarten influences academic and social emotional school readiness for first grade students in a low socioeconomic school district in Southern Arkansas. Piaget's "Theory of Cognitive Development" and "Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development" were the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Social Development, Emotional Development, Socioeconomic Status
McDaniel, Sara C.; Albritton, Kizzy; Stuckey, Adrienne – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2021
This quasi-experimental pilot study examined the use of the Preschool Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) curriculum during the summer prior to kindergarten entry for preschool-age children. The purpose of the study was to examine if participation in the summer Preschool PATHS curriculum would lead to increased levels of…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Social Emotional Learning, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
Based on recent research and in collaboration with expert panelists, the What Works Clearinghouse™ (WWC) has provided practical recommendations for preschool educators to use to help prepare young children benefit from learning opportunities they will encounter in school. The "Preparing Young Children for School Practice Guide" details…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, School Readiness, Evidence Based Practice
Burchinal, Margaret R.; Krowka, Sarah; Newman-Gonchar, Rebecca; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Gersten, Russell; Wavell, Samantha; Lyskawa, Julia; Haymond, Kelly; Bierman, Karen; Gonzalez, Jorge E.; McClelland, Megan M.; Nelson, Kimberly; Pentimonti, Jill; Purpura, David J.; Sachs, Jason; Sarama, Julie; Schlesinger-Devlin, Elizabeth; Washington, Julie; Rosen, Emily – What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
By learning social-emotional, executive function, mathematics, and literacy skills in preschool, children are likely to be better prepared for the higher expectations and more formal curriculum in elementary school. Ensuring that all children are well prepared for elementary school is a priority for parents, caregivers, guardians, and policy…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, School Readiness, Evidence Based Practice
Stillerova, Lucia; Troxler, J. Reba; Curby, Timothy W.; Roth, Alexa – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2021
Kindergarten requirements are changing across the world as early school readiness has been linked to future school success. However, smaller European countries like Slovakia often lack a research base of their own, relying instead on research in other countries, particularly the US. The purpose of this study was to understand perceptions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Teacher Attitudes
