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Wainwright, Nalda; Goodway, Jackie; Whitehead, Margaret; Williams, Andy; Kirk, David – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The Welsh foundation phase is a play-based curriculum for 3-7-year-olds advocating outdoor and experiential approaches to learning. Play-based outdoor learning increases interaction with a range of affordances giving opportunities for movement in learning. Children assign activities as either play or not play-based on a series of cues. Teaching…
Descriptors: Play, Preschool Curriculum, Outdoor Education, Learning Activities
Heagle, Kaitlyn; Timmons, Kristy; Hargreaves, Fabienne; Pelletier, Janette – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The objective of the present study is to capture children's voices to compare traditional half-day and play-based full-day kindergarten children's perspectives on two research questions: What is important about kindergarten, and what is your favourite thing about school? Children's responses were compared for emerging academic and social themes.…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Comparative Analysis, Relevance (Education), Student Satisfaction
Cameron, Catherine Ann; Pinto, Giuliana; Hunt, Anne Kathryn; Léger, Paul-David – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
The transition to school, marked by significant moves towards print literacy, is a crucial school-life milestone that can be both exhilarating and daunting. This case study, extracted from an international, quasi-ecological examination of thriving kindergarten children in transition to school films participants, their families, schools and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten, Case Studies
Nicholson, Julie; Shimpi, Priya Mariana – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Two case studies describe how two women, enrolled in an undergraduate course on play, were guided to examine play across their lifespan, critique the barriers that led to a decline in their play from childhood to young adulthood, and engage in cycles of documentation, dialogue, and analysis of their adult play experiences in order to discover…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Play, Case Studies, Undergraduate Students
Murray, Elizabeth; McFarland-Piazza, Laura; Harrison, Linda J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
PreschoolThis study investigated the nature of parent involvement and parent-educator communication in prior-to-school early childhood settings and school, to explore relations to social capital variables and consistencies and changes in practices over time. Parent interview and teacher questionnaire data from two waves of the Longitudinal Study…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Regression (Statistics), Social Capital

Kutnick, Peter – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Describes a study that employed a focus sample, cross-sectional design to explore the types of preschool experience available (preschool activities equating broadly to curriculum approaches) and whether variation in preschool experience affects core curriculum (English, science, mathematics) performance and classroom behaviors throughout primary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Sectional Studies, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries

Carlson, Helen; Stenmalm, Lena – Early Child Development and Care, 1989
Explores attitudes of parents and professionals in Sweden and the United States regarding early childhood programs. Discusses a survey that covered general attitudes, parent involvement, materials, activities, and caregiver actions. (PCB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials