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Vanderloo, Leigh M.; Tucker, Patricia; Johnson, Andrew M.; Burke, Shauna M.; Irwin, Jennifer D. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2015
Purpose: This study aimed to: (a) compare the physical activity (PA) levels (i.e., moderate-to-vigorous PA [MVPA] and total PA [TPA]) of preschoolers in 3 different early-learning environments (center-based childcare, home-based childcare, and full-day kindergarten [FDK]); and (b) assess which characteristics (e.g., play equipment, policies, etc.)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Physical Activity Level, Early Childhood Education
Sosinsky, Laura; Ruprecht, Karen; Horm, Diane; Kriener-Althen, Kerry; Vogel, Cheri; Halle, Tamara – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2016
Approximately half of all children under the age of three in the United States have a regular child care arrangement (nearly 44 percent of infants from birth to 12 months, 52 percent from 12 to 24 months, and 56 percent from 24 to 36 months; NSECE Project Team, 2015). The percentages of infants and toddlers in center-based care increases with age,…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Best Practices, Child Care
Krafft, Caroline; Davis, Elizabeth E.; Tout, Kathryn – Child Trends, 2014
The purpose of this series is to summarize key findings and implications from the Maryland Child Care Choices study, a longitudinal survey of parents who were applying for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) in 2011. Families in the Maryland Child Care Choices study had at least one child age six or younger and lived in one of the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Longitudinal Studies, Parents, Welfare Services
Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2011
The author presents insights from various readers of "ExchangeEveryDay" regarding trends in the world of family child care. Kathleen Reticker of Acre Family Child Care in Lowell, Massachusetts thinks an increasing trend in Family Child Care is the pressure to emulate a Center, instead of seeing family child care as a different model. Over the…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Child Care, Family Environment, Legal Responsibility
Stratigos, Tina; Bradley, Ben; Sumsion, Jennifer – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
Belonging has long been conceptualised as a fundamental human need, essential for the good health of individuals and communities. In relation to young children, belonging may be linked to their developing sense of identity, as well as the way they perceive and respond to others. Belonging is emerging as an important aspect of contemporary early…
Descriptors: Infants, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Bumgarner, Erin; Lin, Meiko – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: Using nationally representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten cohort, this study investigates whether socioeconomic status (SES) moderates the association between center-based early childhood education (ECE) and English proficiency at kindergarten entry for 1st- and 2nd-generation Hispanic…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Socioeconomic Status, Immigrants, Longitudinal Studies
Matthews, Hannah; Reeves, Rhiannon – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2014
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary funding source for federal child care subsidies to low-income working families, as well as improving child care quality. CCDBG provides child care assistance to children from birth to age 13. This fact sheet highlights key information about school-age children and CCDBG. This…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Federal Aid, Child Care, Low Income Groups
Bigras, Nathalie; Lemay, Lise; Bouchard, Caroline; Eryasa, Joell – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
This paper aims to describe the quality of play as offered by early childhood educators working with four-year-olds within an educational childcare service. It also aims to identify the correlation between the quality of play support and a child's cognitive, language and socio-emotional development. Finally, it focuses on the factors associated…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Educational Quality
Johnson, Anna D.; Martin, Anne; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Child Development, 2013
The federal child-care subsidy program represents one of the government's largest investments in early care and education. Using data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, this study examines associations, among subsidy-eligible families, between child-care subsidy receipt when children are 4 years old…
Descriptors: Grants, Child Care, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Wilson, Adren O. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The United States of America has failed to educate generations of children. This egregious failure consigns far too many young people--especially those from low-income families or who are African American and Latino--to lives on the margins of the American mainstream. As a result, unemployment, underemployment, imprisonment, child poverty, and…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality
Wood, Stephen; Kendall, Rosemary – Child Care Aware of America, 2013
Every week in the United States, nearly 11 million children younger than age 5 are in some type of child care arrangement. On average, these children spend 36 hours a week in child care. While parents are children's first and most important teachers, child care programs provide early learning for millions of young children daily, having a profound…
Descriptors: Child Care, Costs, Parents, Family Income
Harris, Nonie; Tinning, Beth – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
This article explores parents' and carers' experiences of accessing quality long day care in northern regional Australia. The data was gathered in 2009, after the collapse of ABC Developmental Learning Centres (herein referred to as ABC Learning) and before the implementation of the "National Quality Framework," and provides a snapshot…
Descriptors: Child Care, Foreign Countries, Economic Factors, Geographic Regions
Roberts, Paul – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2012
Five years ago the author embarked on an odyssey that would fundamentally change his life as an architect. He and his partner, Dave Deppen, were selected through a very competitive process to design a new Child Development and Family Studies Center in the Sierra Foothills, near Yosemite National Park for Columbia College. The Columbia College…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Preschool Children, Child Care Centers
Norris, Deborah J.; Guss, Shannon – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2016
Quality Rating Improvement Systems (QRIS) frequently include the Infant-Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ITERS-R) as part of rating and improving child care quality. However, studies utilizing the ITERS-R consistently report low quality, especially for basic caregiving items. This research examined whether the low scores reflected the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Educational Quality, Measurement Techniques, Test Reliability
Puroila, Anna-Maija; Estola, Eila – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
With the aim of deepening understanding of young children's identity construction, the study explores small stories produced in a Finnish day care center context. Small stories are understood as identity-constituting social practices that occur and recur in day care settings. Taking ideas on narrative ethnography as starting point, research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Young Children