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Direct linkAnne Laurie; Diane Pesco – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2024
The goal of the present study was to investigate the performance of four Filipino--English bilingual kindergarteners with language difficulties on a dynamic assessment of English narratives. Using a multiple case-study design, we examined the children's modifiability by detailing their responsiveness, level of skill transfer, and the amount and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Kindergarten, Young Children, Language Skills
Friedrich, Nicola; Stagg Peterson, Shelley – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
In this study, we make the case for using texts children create as part of their play as a means for assessing their developing print literacy knowledge. We assessed 4- and 5-year-old children's authentic texts using categories and criteria from the "Assessing Young Children's Marks/Drawing/Print" tool, a research-based, classroom…
Descriptors: Play, Writing (Composition), Kindergarten, Young Children
Kimberly Maich; Tricia van Rhijn; Carmen Hall; Sheri Mallabar; Tricia Vause; Kimberly Squires; Aislynn Hatt; Mina Ahi – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
This research examines the use of teaching triads to the classroom-wide implementation of "Stay, Play & Talk" a peer-mediated social skills program for children in an inclusive Kindergarten classroom in Ontario, Canada. This research used prompting through peers to increase initiations and responses between children identified as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Interpersonal Competence
Stagg Peterson, Shelley; Friedrich, Nicola; Portier, Christine – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2021
In this study, we offer a unique perspective of time spent in kindergarten and young children's writing by presenting a multi-dimensional analysis of the writing of 72 children (5-years-old) living in northern communities in two Canadian provinces. We administered the "Drawing, Writing, Talking Task" (DWTT), a research-based classroom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Rural Areas
Download full textLeFevre, Jo-Anne; Skwarchuk, Sheri-Lynn; Sowinski, Carla; Cankaya, Ozlem – Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2022
What is the foundational knowledge that children rely on to provide meaning as they construct an exact symbolic number system? People and animals can quickly and accurately distinguish small exact quantities (i.e., 1 to 3). One possibility is that children's ability to map small quantities to spoken number words supports their developing exact…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Mathematics Skills, Numbers, Number Concepts
Meadow Schroeder; Erin Tourigny; Stan Bird; Jackie Ottmann; Joan Jeary; Duane Mark; Clarice Kootenay; Susan A. Graham; Anne McKeough – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2022
Indigenous communities in Canada have struggled with systemic inequities that have affected education outcomes of their children. In collaboration with a Stoney Nakoda community in Western Canada, a university research team, composed of Indigenous and non-Indigenous members, offered an instruction program designed to use storytelling as a gateway…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Canada Natives, Story Telling
Pyle, Angela; DeLuca, Christopher; Danniels, Erica; Wickstrom, Hanna – American Educational Research Journal, 2020
Kindergarten teachers face the challenge of integrating contemporary assessment practices with play-based pedagogy. The current study addresses this challenge by presenting a kindergarten assessment framework rooted in theory and current classroom practices, based on teacher interview and observational data collected in 20 kindergarten classrooms.…
Descriptors: Play, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Young Children
Paméla McMahon-Morin; Bouchra Nasri; Ingrid Verduyckt; Stefano Rezzonico; Marie-Pier Gingras – Journal of Educational Research, 2024
This study examined the effects of an SLP-delivered whole-class interactive book reading intervention and a professional development program on children's self-initiated participation. Eleven kindergarten teachers and the children in their classes participated in this quasi-experimental study. They were filmed during book reading at pre- and…
Descriptors: Books, Reading Aloud to Others, Student Participation, Group Dynamics
Jessica Prioletta; Adam W. Davies – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2024
In this article, the authors argue for a rethinking of kindergarten education from a critical feminist perspective. They illustrate how the devaluation and denigration of femininity and care - otherwise known as femmephobia - that permeates patriarchal societies is present in the seemingly innocent spaces of play in kindergarten. Tracing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Femininity, Power Structure
Pei, Jacqueline; Reid-Westoby, Caroline; Siddiqua, Ayesha; Elshamy, Yomna; Rorem, Devyn; Bennett, Teresa; Birken, Catherine; Coplan, Rob; Duku, Eric; Ferro, Mark A.; Forer, Barry; Georgiades, Stelios; Gorter, Jan Willem; Guhn, Martin; Maguire, Jonathon; Manson, Heather; Santos, Rob; Brownell, Marni; Janus, Magdalena – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
The prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) may be underestimated as it can be difficult to diagnose in early childhood possibly reflecting unique developmental trajectories relative to other Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (NDDs). Using data collected via the Early Development Instrument (EDI) between 2010 and 2015, we examined the…
Descriptors: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Kindergarten, Young Children, Incidence
Jessica Prioletta – McGill Journal of Education, 2024
The purpose of this article is to examine how the discourse of childhood innocence masks the ways in which sexual violence by boys against girls is perpetrated in kindergarten. Findings from a year-long ethnographic study conducted in two Canadian kindergarten classrooms show that narrow understandings of gender and sexuality in childhood obscure…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Violence, Males, Young Children
Foregrounding Anishinaabek Culture and Collaborating with Children in Their Multimodal Text Creation
Nazila Eisazadeh; Sudhashree Girmohanta; Shelley Stagg Peterson; Jeffrey Wood – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2024
In this paper, we examine 4- and 5-year-old Anishinaabek children's text creation and identity (re)formations while involved in collaborative writing with their Anishinaabek teacher about the moose hunting practices of their northern community. The teacher took on a role as an emergent writer alongside the children, voicing her memories of moose…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Personnel
Streelasky, Jodi – Literacy, 2019
This study analyses the valued school experiences of 15 five- and six-year-old Canadian children, through their creation of multimodal texts. Throughout the school year, the students spent a large portion of each school day in the expansive forest on the school grounds, and their texts revealed their significant interest in this natural outdoor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Kindergarten, Outdoor Education
Spadafora, Natalie; Reid-Westoby, Caroline; Pottruff, Molly; Wang, Jade; Janus, Magdalena – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
When the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020, the lives of families all over the world were disrupted. Many adults found themselves working from home while their children were unable to go to school. To better understand the potential impact of these educational disruptions, it is important to establish what learning looked like during…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Closing, Pandemics, COVID-19
Paméla McMahon-Morin; Marie-Pier Gingras; Marie-Christine Hallé; Ingrid Verduyckt – Journal of Educational Research, 2025
Children learn language through participating in language-rich activities such as book reading. This longitudinal qualitative study explored the perception of 11 teachers and 78 kindergartners regarding children's participation in book-reading in order to understand how it is experienced by those most involved in this activity. Each participant…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Preschool Teachers, Student Participation
