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You Get What You Get and You Don't Throw a Fit!: Emotion Socialization and Child Physiology Jointly Predict Early Prosocial Development
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Scrimgeour, Meghan B.; Davis, Elizabeth L.; Buss, Kristin A. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Prosocial behavior in early childhood is a precursor to later adaptive social functioning. This investigation leveraged mother-reported, physiological, and observational data to examine children's prosocial development from age 2 to age 4 (N = 125). Maternal emotion socialization (ES) strategies and children's parasympathetic regulation have each…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Prosocial Behavior, Psychological Patterns
Rituals and Routines: Supporting Infants and Toddlers and Their Families
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Gillespie, Linda; Petersen, Sandra – Young Children, 2012
The words "routine" and "ritual" are sometimes used interchangeably. Yet there are some important differences. Routines are repeated, predictable events that provide a foundation for the daily tasks in a child's life. Teachers can create a predictable routine in early childhood settings for infants and toddlers, and they can individualize those…
Descriptors: Infants, Caregivers, Toddlers, Early Childhood Education
Early Development and the Brain: Teaching Resources for Educators
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Gilkerson, Linda, Ed.; Klein, Rebecca, Ed. – ZERO TO THREE, 2008
This nine-unit curriculum translates current scientific research on early brain development into practical suggestions to help early childhood professionals understand the reciprocal link between caregiving and brain development. The curriculum was created and extensively field-tested by the Erikson Institute Faculty Development Project on the…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Drug Use
Toddlers' Emotional Reactions to Separation from Their Primary Caregivers: Successful Home--School Transition
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Xu, Yaoying – Early Child Development and Care, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine toddlers' emotional reactions to separation from their primary caregivers through the observation on a group of toddlers (18-30 months old) at a university preschool classroom. Interactional ethnography with ethnographic perspective and sociolinguistic discourse analysis was used as the theoretical…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Observation, Emotional Response, Child Caregivers
Understanding and Preventing Toddler Biting.
Garcia, Veronica – Texas Child Care, 1999
Discusses the problem of toddler biting behavior in child care settings. Describes reasons for biting by toddlers, recommends caregiver responses to toddler biting, presents tips for observing children to identify the biter's patterns, and outlines ways to prevent biting in child care settings. (KB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Behavior
Assessment of Prelinguistic Behaviors in Deaf Children: Parents as Collaborators.
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Dromi, Esther – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2003
Assessment of the prelinguistic behaviors of 43 deaf children (ages 8 to 49 months) of hearing parents in Israel found only partial resemblance to the theoretical model of prelinguistic communication in hearing infants. Unique interrelationships among pointing and early noncommunicative behaviors were found with no correlation between use of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Deafness, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Peer Relationships in Early Childhood: Current Trends and Future Direction.
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Hazen, Nancy; Brownell, Celia – Early Education and Development, 1999
Introduces this special journal issue by outlining previous research on early peer relationships. Explains that the articles in this issue provide a backdrop for identifying the early precursors of individual patterns of success versus failure with peers. (JS)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cultural Influences, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience