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Björklund, Camilla – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
This article is a discussion drawing on a learning study with a teacher working with one- and two-year-olds. The focal interest is a scrutiny of the use of manipulative objects, emanating from observations of a teacher's and children's use of, and responses to the use of, different objects. The concept of size and the notions "large" and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Manipulative Materials, Early Childhood Education
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Kultti, Anne – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2014
This paper reports on a study which explores how routine activities in preschool can support young multilingual children's participation, communication and development of languages. The paper takes as its starting point the idea that young children's development takes place through interaction and participation, including in routine activities.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism
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Kultti, Anne – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
This research focused on learning conditions in preschool that support multilingual children's linguistic development. The aim of this paper was to study singing activities through the experiences of ten multilingual children in toddler groups (one to three years of age) in eight Swedish preschools. A sociocultural theoretical approach is used to…
Descriptors: Singing, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Multilingualism
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Engdahl, Ingrid – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2012
A number of studies within early childhood education and care indicate the importance of social competence. This article focuses on how friendship is created among very young children in Swedish preschools. The study was carried out within a toddler unit with 15 children. Six 1-year-old children, three girls and three boys, were observed during…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Friendship
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Engdahl, Ingrid – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
This article focuses on how children aged 17-24 months initiate play and interact with their peers during self-initiated play in preschools. Play is looked upon as a rich arena for observing toddler interaction. The ethnographic study was carried out in a toddler unit with 15 children. Six one-year-old girls and boys were observed during five…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Play, Nonverbal Communication, Ethnography
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Cramér-Wolrath, Emelie – Deafness and Education International, 2013
Most deaf children are born to hearing families. During the last twenty years deaf children, in increasing numbers and at an early age, receive a cochlear implant, a highly technological hearing device. The aim of this qualitative, longitudinal, single-case study was to explore and describe critical changes in naturalistic, video-observed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Deafness, Assistive Technology