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What Works Clearinghouse, 2023
"Pre-K Mathematics" is a supplemental mathematics program focusing on a range of mathematical concepts to help develop children's informal mathematical knowledge. The "Pre-K Mathematics" program includes teacher-led, small-group mathematics activities that are engaging and hands-on, as well as caregiver-child activities that…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Mathematics Activities, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
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Brown, Eleanor D. – State Education Standard, 2020
The combination of verbal and nonverbal channels provided by the arts can offer valuable opportunities not only for students with language delays but also for English language learners. More generally, arts enrichment may help to bridge the gap that often separates home and school for children from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds. The arts…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Art Education, Art Activities, School Readiness
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McCoy, Dana C.; Gonzalez, Kathryn; Jones, Stephanie – Child Development, 2019
This study explores children's early academic and self-regulatory skills as potential pathways through which a preschool enrichment program--the Chicago School Readiness Project (CSRP)--may contribute to low-income children's long-term outcomes (N = 466; M[subscript age] at baseline = 4.10 years). We find that CSRP's impact on high school grades…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Children, Early Intervention, Self Management
Dana Charles McCoy; Kathryn Gonzalez; Stephanie Jones – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study explores children's early academic and self-regulatory skills as potential pathways through which a preschool enrichment program -- the Chicago School Readiness Project (CSRP) -- may contribute to low-income children's long-term outcomes (N = 466; M age at baseline = 4.10 years). We find that CSRP's impact on high school grades may be…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Children, Early Intervention, Self Management
Wasik, Barbara A.; Hindman, Annemarie H. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Preschool teachers from a high-poverty, urban school district were trained to implement Story Talk, a book reading intervention designed to increase children's vocabulary and language development using supportive materials and strategic individualized coaching. Thirty-five teachers were randomly assigned by site to the intervention (20) or the…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development, Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development
Coker, David L, Jr.; Jennings, Austin S.; Farley-Ripple, Elizabeth; MacArthur, Charles A. – Grantee Submission, 2018
A substantial body of research has demonstrated the efficacy of early writing interventions that target skills and composing processes; however, much less is known about the effectiveness of classroom writing instruction outside of the context of an intervention. The goal of this study was to investigate if writing instruction and student practice…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Achievement, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
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Wheldall, Robyn; Glenn, Katharine; Arakelian, Sarah; Madelaine, Alison; Reynolds, Meree; Wheldall, Kevin – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2016
This study aimed to provide evidence regarding the efficacy of an early literacy preparation program, "PreLit", designed to improve the skills of young Australian children. Participants comprised 240 children in eight schools attending their first year of schooling. Children in the four experimental group schools received instruction in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education
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Whittaker, Jessica Vick; Kinzie, Mable B.; Williford, Amanda; DeCoster, Jamie – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This study examined the impact of MyTeachingPartner-Math/Science, a system of math and science curricula and professional development, on the quality of teachers' interactions with children in their classrooms. Schools were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 intervention conditions (Basic: curricula providing within-activity, embedded…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship
Administration for Children & Families, 2006
The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) collects data on a nationally representative sample of Head Start programs, classrooms, teachers, parents, and children examining the quality and effects of Head Start. Three waves of data collection have occurred: in 1997, 2000, and 2003. Information presented in this publication is…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Disadvantaged Youth, Young Children
Seeman, Elissa – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the short-term effects of a music education intervention on the receptive language skills of students in an at-risk early childhood program. The target population was nine students ages 3, 4, and 5 in an at-risk, inclusive classroom in a Chicago public school. The problem of language delay is indicated in…
Descriptors: Music Education, Intervention, Music Activities, Delayed Speech
Nimnicht, Glen; And Others – 1967
The New Nursery School (NNS) program was set up to help 3- and 4-year-old, Spanish-surnamed, environmentally deprived children. The objectives set were (1) to improve self-image, (2) to increase perceptual acuity, (3) to improve language ability, and (4) to improve problem-solving and concept-formation skills. The school is organized as an…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Disadvantaged Environment, Enrichment Activities, Language Skills
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Moyeda, Iris Xóchitl Galicia; Gómez, Ixtlixóchitl Contreras; Flores, María Teresa Peña – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2006
In light of the correlation between musical and linguistic skills, a program of musical activities was designed to promote discrimination of rhythmic and melodic elements and the association of auditory stimuli with visual stimuli and motor activities. The effects of the program on the vocabulary of preschool children were evaluated and compared…
Descriptors: Music Activities, Preschool Education, Vocabulary Development, Language Skills
West, Jerry; Malone, Lizabeth; Hulsey, Lara; Aikens, Nikki; Tarullo, Louisa – Administration for Children & Families, 2010
The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), was first launched in 1997 as a periodic longitudinal study of program performance. This report is the fourth in a series that uses data from the FACES 2006 cohort to describe…
Descriptors: Class Size, School Readiness, Disadvantaged Youth, Kindergarten