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Akamoglu, Yusuf; Ostrosky, Michaelene M.; Cheung, W. Catherine; Yang, Hsiu-Wen; Favazza, Paddy C.; Stalega, Melissa V.; Aronson-Ensign, Katherine – Grantee Submission, 2019
During the preschool years, children develop several inter-related skills including motor skills and communication skills. In this article, we highlight several communication teaching strategies and describe how practitioners can promote communication skills of preschoolers with disabilities by providing them with multiple opportunities to…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Communication Skills, Physical Activities, Students with Disabilities
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Akamoglu, Yusuf; Ostrosky, Michaelene M.; Cheung, W. Catherine; Yang, Hsiu-Wen; Favazza, Paddy C.; Stalega, Melissa V.; Aronson-Ensign, Katherine – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2019
During the preschool years, children develop several inter-related skills including motor skills and communication skills. In this article, we highlight several communication teaching strategies and describe how practitioners can promote communication skills of preschoolers with disabilities by providing them with multiple opportunities to…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Communication Skills, Physical Activities, Students with Disabilities
Yang, Hsiu-Wen; Ostrosky, Michaelene M.; Favazza, Paddy C.; Stalega, Melissa V.; Block, Marty E. – Young Exceptional Children, 2019
Through play and physical activities (PAs), children have many opportunities to develop gross motor skills that require the use of large muscles for movement and control. Young children use gross motor skills as they engage in daily tasks such as sitting upright, maintaining control and balance while seated, walking down the hallway, moving…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Inclusion, Preschool Education
Cheung, W. Catherine; Ostrosky, Michaelene M.; Yang, Hsiu-Wen; Akamoglu, Yusuf; Favazza, Paddy C.; Aronson-Ensign, Katherine – Grantee Submission, 2019
Children develop many school readiness skills such as motor and cognitive skills during the preschool years. The development of these skills requires repeated opportunities to practice. Many preschool teachers may not be aware that motor development provides a foundation for cognitive development, and they may be unsure how they can support motor…
Descriptors: Motor Development, Cognitive Development, Preschool Children, Thinking Skills
Yang, Hsiu-Wen; Ostrosky, Michaelene M.; Favazza, Paddy C.; Stalega, Melissa V.; Block, Marty E. – Grantee Submission, 2018
During the preschool years children develop many new skills, including gross motor abilities, which serve as a foundation for school readiness skills in areas such as language, socialization and cognition. Like other domains, motor skill development does not happen without practice opportunities. That is, it requires multiple opportunities whereby…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Inclusion, Preschool Education