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Holmes, Robyn M.; Kohm, Kristen; Genise, Samantha; Koolidge, Louis; Mendelson, Drew; Romeo, Lynn; Bant, Christine – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This study explored the connection between children's language skills, creativity, and play. The participants were 151 (76 boys and 75 girls) primarily middle-income, European American children. Ages ranged from 4 to 6 years. This project employed mixed methods approaches. Children engaged in several tasks. These included: creating a story about…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Creativity, Play, Correlation
Shahrzad Rezaee Rezvan; Mahdieh Rezaee Rezvan; Seyedeh Nastaran Asad zadeh; Seyed Saeed Torabi; Moslem Taheri Soodejani; Hamed Ghasemzadeh-moghaddam; Mehri Firozeh; Atefe sajedi; Faezeh Rohani; Nima Firouzeh – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
The present study examines the effectiveness of play therapy (based on the cognitive-behavioural approach) and puppet play therapy in expressive\ receptive language disorders of the studied population. Here, we imported 45 female bilingual preschool children to our research. Their expressive\ receptive language disorders have been approved…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Females, Bilingual Students
Imafuku, Masahiro; Seto, Azusa – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
It has been suggested that children's drawings are associated with their representation ability. However, there is little research on the cognitive basis of drawing in young children. In this study, we investigated the relationship between drawing, language ability, and the presence of imaginary companions (ICs) in children aged between three and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Cognitive Processes, Bias, Imagination
Nesrin Isikoglu; Müzeyyen Güzen – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
This study aims to investigate the impact of digital storytelling activities on children's language skills, specifically focusing on expressive, receptive, and narrative abilities, as well as their utilization of technological elements in their stories. The study involved 18 children who were enrolled in a public kindergarten classroom, and it…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Educational Technology, Kindergarten, Young Children
Nieto, Carmen; Campos, Ruth – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The development of copying behaviours of a group of infants from 9 to 15 months of age is analysed. These behaviours are classified according to their type (mimetic or imitated) and function (instrumental, social or hybrid). The function of the behaviours is derived from observable indicators linked to dyadic interaction. Mimetic behaviours are…
Descriptors: Imitation, Infants, Infant Behavior, Psychomotor Skills
Shaqiri, Albulene; Gallopeni, Florim; Selmani, Erza – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The importance of early childhood narrative skills in social relationships and children's internal capacity is of utmost interest to be studied. This aim of this study is to examine how the social group functioning, narrative skills, school success and non-verbal intelligence are interconnected. This is a mixed design study with a sample of 109…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Ability, Interpersonal Competence, Success, Correlation
Korat, Ofra; Atishkin, Shifra; Segal-Drori, Ora – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
We examined an intervention in kindergarten using an e-book for vocabulary enrichment. In programme (a), the children read the e-book with a dictionary and the teacher's support. In programme (b), the children read the e-book with the dictionary independently. In programme (c), the children read the e-book without a dictionary (control). The…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Electronic Publishing, Kindergarten, Childrens Literature
Kybartas, Tyler J.; Oody, Jennifer F.; Fairbrother, Jeffrey T.; Durham, R. Sean; Coe, Dawn P. – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
This study examined whether associations exist between PA intensity, self-regulation, and indicators of school readiness, a proxy for academic achievement, in young children. Thirty young children completed assessments of physical activity, school readiness indicators, and self-regulation. Physical activity intensity was classified as light,…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Exercise, Play, Self Management
Ergül, Cevriye; Ökcün Akçamus, Meral Çilem; Akoglu, Gözde; Demir, Ergül; Tülü, Burcu Kiliç; Bahap Kudret, Zeynep – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
This study investigated endogenous and exogenous predictors of early literacy in Turkish-speaking children. Whether children's language and working memory performances (as the endogenous factors) and home literacy environment (as the exogenous factor) in the beginning of kindergarten predict the children's current and year-end early literacy…
Descriptors: Young Children, Kindergarten, Predictor Variables, Emergent Literacy
Fung, Wing-kai; Chung, Kevin Kien-hoa – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Social mastery motivation and parental response are important correlates of children's vocabulary and self-regulation skills, but little research has examined their relationships collectively. This study investigated the direct relationships among social mastery motivation (active interaction and positive affect frequencies), parental response,…
Descriptors: Social Development, Vocabulary Development, Self Control, Skill Development