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Africa, Eileen K.; van Deventer, Karel J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Pre-schoolers are in a window period for motor skill development. Visual-motor integration (VMI) is the foundation for academic and sport skills. Therefore, it must develop before formal schooling. This study attempted to improve VMI skills. VMI skills were measured with the "Beery-Buktenica developmental test of visual-motor integration 6th…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Psychomotor Skills, Visual Perception, Skill Development
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Nicholson, Julie Marie; Kroll, Linda – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Developing leadership among early childhood professionals has become increasingly important as investing in children's early years has been championed as a public and private national and international priority. Two case studies present how oral inquiry and specifically, the Prospect Center's Descriptive Review of a Professional Dilemma of…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Teacher Leadership, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education
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Lewis, Fiona M.; Coman, David J.; Syrmis, Maryanne – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
There are no known biomedical or genetic markers to identify which infants with galactosaemia (GAL) are most at risk of poor language skill development, yet pre-linguistic communicative "red flag" behaviours are recognised as early identifiers of heightened vulnerability to impaired language development. We report on pre-linguistic…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Skill Development, Language Impairments, Infants