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Wright, Linda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In the United States, early childhood educators are expected to follow the trend to enforce academic curriculum for preschoolers. This effort diminishes the value of play in the young developmental years of children. The purpose of this study was to explore the type of activities and strategies that promote development of language and literacy…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Play, Dramatic Play
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Rymanowicz, Kylie; Hetherington, Chelsea; Larm, Brooke – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2020
Farm- and nature-based early childhood education programs have a unique potential to provide young children with skills and experiences that build a strong foundation for future learning and environmental stewardship, but can also to extend positive impacts to families. In this paper, we work to bridge the gap between research and practice by…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Outdoor Education
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Tebet, Gabriela G. De C.; Santos, Natália; Costa, Julia; Santos, Bruna Lima; Pontes, Loani Cristina Buzo; Oliveira, Sabrina; D'Andrea, Maria – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2020
This article aims to discuss the quality of early childhood education and care in Brazil and the process of infants' and toddlers' "Inserimento" to daycare. The theoretical framework of our arguments is based on the notion of quality of child education as a negotiated concept, and by the Italian concept of "Inserimento." The…
Descriptors: Child Care, Preschool Education, Foreign Countries, Infants
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Niblett, Blair; Hiscott, Kim; Power, Marlene; McFarlane, Hanah – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2020
This case study examines the policy significance of a partnership between two organizations committed to improving children's learning and well-being through the delivery of a forest and nature school (FNS) program offered in the context of a licensed childcare program in the province of Ontario, Canada. The notion of the Anthropocene is taken as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Play, Natural Resources
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Keles, Sadiye; Yurt, Özlem – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The first aim of this study is to examine the validity and reliability of the Children's Playfulness Scale (CPS), which was developed to determine pre-school children's disposition towards play. The second aim is to test the effects of some variables on playfulness and whether such variables affect playfulness levels of children. About 196…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Preschool Children, Test Validity
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Hall-Kenyon, Kendra M.; Rosborough, Alessandro A. – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2017
Early childhood advocates agree that positive teacher-child relationships are critical to classroom quality. Much research has emphasized quantifiable teacher characteristics and child outcomes without fully capturing the complexity of these relationships. Drawing on extensive classroom observations, two video-recorded free play sessions and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Play
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Wohlwend, Karen E.; Peppler, Kylie A.; Keune, Anna; Thompson, Naomi – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2017
Two approaches to materiality (i.e. mediated discourse and agential realism) are compared to explore their usefulness in tracking literacies in action and artefacts produced during a play and design activity in a preschool makerspace. Mediated discourse analysis has relied on linguistic framing and social semiotics to make sense of multimodality.…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Shared Resources and Services, Discourse Analysis, Play
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Zamani, Zahra – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2017
A number of studies have identified childcare environments as significant resources for children's development, learning through play, and contact with nature. However, there is a lack of knowledge about how, from a child's perspective, specific outdoor physical environments in preschools stimulate children's cognitive play. Emphasizing on the…
Descriptors: Young Children, Play, Outdoor Education, Preschool Education
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Wang, Xinxin; Lam, Chun Bun – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2017
An increasing number of parents in China are enrolling their preschool children in after-school programs provided by private, for-profit early learning centers. This study used a qualitative approach to explore how teachers in these centers understood and implemented play and play-based curricula. Data were collected by examining the curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Qualitative Research, Preschool Teachers
Frantz, Rebecca Jane – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Naturalistic behavioral interventions increase the acquisition, generalization, and maintenance of child social communication skills among children with developmental delays (DD). Teaching Assistants (TAs) are ideal interventionists for delivering social communication interventions because of the significant amount of time they spend working…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Teacher Aides, Coaching (Performance), Teaching Methods
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Shore, Margaret – Childhood Education, 2021
Up to 250 children of different ages can be seen when entering Sekolahku-MySchool (SMS) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, integrated and happily engaged, indoors or outdoors, in sustainable activities as part of their everyday learning. With ages ranging from 16 months to 13 years, the children engage in learning typical academic skills and techniques…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Preschool Education, Elementary Education
Caspe, Margaret; Atkin, Catherine; De Reyal, Laura; Hau, Isabelle; Keesey, Dorreen; Ligon, Nisha; Wilton, Katelin; Salinas, Steven – Global Family Research Project, 2019
Global Family Research Project joined with four other organizations as part of the LEGO Idea Conference to take an in-depth look at letting families guide the creation of programs and services that best meet their needs. This summary of the event session, held in Billund, Denmark, includes international examples of collaborating with families and…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Feedback (Response)
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2019
"Let's Play! Activities for Families" has been developed by the B.C. Ministry of Education for families and caregivers to support children's early learning experiences through playing and having fun. Each play activity connects with one of the Living Inquiries described in the "B.C. Early Learning Framework," which are: (1)…
Descriptors: Play, Child Development, Learning Processes, Inquiry
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Lawrence, Sandra M. – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: Digital play is now commonplace in many young children's lives, but not in preschool settings. This situation is likely due to the fact that the existent literature seldom highlights what digital play looks like, the various ways it can be situated, and what young children do when they play together with digital devices in the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Interaction
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Kleppe, Rasmus – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2018
This article focuses on how Early Childhood Education and Care institutions provide for 1- to 3-year-olds' risky play--a previously little researched topic--utilizing data from an exploratory, small-scale study investigating aspects of risky play in the age-group. The main findings describe how three essentially different Early Childhood Education…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Young Children, Play
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