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Copeland, Kristen A.; Kendeigh, Cassandra A.; Saelens, Brian E.; Kalkwarf, Heidi J.; Sherman, Susan N. – Health Education Research, 2012
Many (56%) US children aged 3-5 years are in center-based childcare and are not obtaining recommended levels of physical activity. In order to determine what child-care teachers/providers perceived as benefits and barriers to children's physical activity in child-care centers, we conducted nine focus groups and 13 one-on-one interviews with 49…
Descriptors: Weather, Physical Activities, Self Efficacy, Physical Activity Level
Bryant, Donna; Clifford, Dick; Early, Diane; Little, Loyd – FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina, 2005
State-funded pre-Kindergarten is a growing phenomenon in the United States. The majority of 4-year-olds now spend time every weekday in care outside of their home and many of these children are being served in preschool classrooms funded with state education dollars. The public strongly supports such programs and there is generally bipartisan…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, State Aid, Preschool Children, Student Characteristics