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Direct linkMiller Marsh, Monica; Zhulamanova, Ilfa – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
This research focused on making visible children's funds of identity [Esteban-Guitart, M., & Moll, L. (2014). Funds of identity: A new concept based on the funds of knowledge approach. "Culture & Psychology," 20(1), 31-48] and incorporating these resources into an inquiry-oriented, play-based, preschool curriculum. Participants…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Curriculum Development, Action Research, Cooperative Programs
Hedges, Helen – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2015
Children's interests and thinking emanate from their daily lived experiences in their families, communities and cultures. This paper substantiates the view that the construct of "funds of knowledge", understood through the lens of "cultural repertoires of practice", provides an analytical tool for early years teachers to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
Lukie, Ivanna K.; Skwarchuk, Sheri-Lynn; LeFevre, Jo-Anne; Sowinski, Carla – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2014
Children's involvement in home literacy and numeracy activities has been linked to school achievement, but the subtleties in the home environment responsible for these gains have yet to be thoroughly investigated. The purpose of this study was to determine how children's interests and collaborative parent-child interactions affect exposure to home…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childhood Interests, Parent Child Relationship, Numeracy
Brumen, Mihaela – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
The purpose of the present study is to investigate how children aged 4-6 perceive and are motivated by foreign language learning in kindergarten. The central part of the paper focuses on the tendencies and guidelines for the teaching and learning of foreign languages at the pre-school level and on children's motivation for foreign language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Preschool Children
Brown, P. Margaret; Byrnes, Linda J.; Raban, Bridie; Watson, Linda – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2012
This study investigated the home literacy environments (HLEs) of 4-year-old children attending an early childhood program prior to school entry and the association between the HLE and children's interests in and attitudes to literacy. One hundred and thirty-eight parents and 140 children participated in the study. Parents completed a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Childhood Interests, Reading Habits
Cannon, Joanna; Ginsburg, Herbert P. – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: Little is known about how parents approach preschoolers' mathematics learning and how this aligns with early mathematics education research and policy. This study examined these questions by contrasting parents' approaches to early mathematics and language and by exploring key themes in parents' talk about mathematics learning…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Childhood Interests, Teaching Methods, Interviews
Rugg, Mary E.; Wood, Sue Sims – 1985
The Preschool Interest Inventory (PSII) has been developed to meet the need for an informal measure of the interests, play behaviors, and communication skills of young children between the ages of 2 and 6 years, particularly those exhibiting delays in language development. The first step in the Inventory process is the Caregiver Interview. In the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Childhood Interests, Communication Skills, Guidelines
Peer reviewedCartwright, Sally – Young Children, 1991
Presents an interview with the founder and director of the Riley School in Maine in which she discusses the school's educational philosophy and practices, curriculum design, and physical plant design. (BB)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Cross Age Teaching, Curriculum Design, Educational Facilities Design
