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Direct linkSofiya Alhassan; Luke Sudarsky; Gaurav Dangol; Wanjiang Zhou; Althea Turley; Ann-Marie Sylvia; Holly Laws – Child Care in Practice, 2025
Background: Toddlers spend a significant portion of their time within the childcare setting being sedentary. Therefore, interventions are needed to improve toddlers' physical activity (PA) within this setting. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a 10-week activity program on toddlers' time…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Physical Activity Level, Program Effectiveness, Child Care Centers
Skar, Ane-Marthe Solheim; De Abreu, Rodrigo Marrecas; Vaughn, Marsha J. – Child Care in Practice, 2019
Malnutrition and a lack of sufficient psychosocial support from caregivers both have a tremendous effect on children's development. Initiatives to support healthy child development in a context of poverty include caregiver interventions. There is growing evidence to support interventions that integrate psychosocial and nutritional support. The…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Residential Care, Individual Development, Social Support Groups
Majorano, Marinella; Corsano, Paola; Triffoni, Giulia – Child Care in Practice, 2015
The aim of the present study is to assess the role of educators' interventions and communications in peer conflicts between preschoolers. Ninety-nine children (47 females and 52 males) aged from zero to three years were observed in seven Italian nurseries during free-play, mealtime and structured activity. Their interactions (verbal and non-verbal…
Descriptors: Intervention, Child Care Centers, Preschool Children, Peer Relationship
Gilbert, Jaesook Lee; Harte, Helene Arbouet – Child Care in Practice, 2013
This paper describes efforts to increase the quality in early care and education through targeted coaching. A collaborative including several community agencies and a university developed a framework of support for early care and education providers, using coaching as its foundational basis, called Coaching to Quality (CTQ). This paper provides a…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Child Care, Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Minniss, Fiona Rowe; Wardrope, Cheryl; Johnston, Donni; Kendall, Elizabeth – Child Care in Practice, 2013
This paper investigates the mechanisms by which a health-promotion intervention might influence the health-promoting behaviours of staff members working in early childhood centres. The intervention was an ecological health-promotion initiative that was implemented within four early childhood centres in South-East Queensland, Australia. In-depth,…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Intervention, Public Agencies, Foreign Countries
Share, Michelle; Kerrins, Liz – Child Care in Practice, 2013
Recently in Ireland attention has been placed on the importance of parental involvement in early childhood care and education settings as seen in the SÃolta Quality Standards and Aistear Curriculum Framework. Yet there is little Irish empirical evidence on parental involvement in childcare settings; on the involvement models being used, or on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Child Care Centers, Parent Role
