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Griffiths, Merris – Children & Society, 2011
This study presents a comparative study of the free-time activity preferences of 9- to 11-year-old children in the UK and USA, as drawn by them in art workshops. Six themes emerged relating to sport, outdoor play, family/peers, media, special occasions and other (indefinable) activities. The children's talk about their drawings revealed additional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Leisure Time, Childhood Interests
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Linklater, Holly – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2006
Recently in the UK there have been dramatic changes in the state provision of early years education and care, most notably the introduction of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's "early learning goals" in 1999 and "curriculum guidance for the foundation stage" in 2000. Outlining the context in which these changes came…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries, Early Experience, Childhood Interests