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Robin L. Hopkins – Maryland State Department of Education, 2024
In Maryland, one way children's well-being is measured is by looking at the data from the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA). While the data can illustrate how children perform on various indicators across language and literacy, mathematics, social foundations, and physical well-being and motor development, it is really a reflection of the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Young Children, Literacy
Robin L. Hopkins – Maryland State Department of Education, 2023
In Maryland, one way children's well-being is measured is by looking at the data from the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA). While the data can illustrate how children perform on various indicators across language and literacy, mathematics, social foundations, and physical well-being and motor development, it is really a reflection of the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Young Children, Literacy
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Thomas, Katherine Thomas; Thomas, Jerry R. – Elementary School Journal, 2008
Four principles are drawn from approximately 100 years of research in the area of motor development. The principles are (1) children are not miniature adults, (2) boys and girls (children) are more alike than different, (3) good things are earned, and (4) no body (nobody) is perfect. Five sections of this article introduce some of the major…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Education Teachers, Developmental Stages