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Marjanovic-Umek, Ljubica; Fekonja-Peklaj, Urška; Podlesek, Anja – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
The purpose of our study was to examine the ways in which parents engage in play with their children within the family context and to establish which parental play behaviour predicts the play behaviour of their children during interactive play with toys. The sample included 58 children from 2;6 to 6 years old and their parents. The parent-child…
Descriptors: Play, Parent Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Young Children
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McMullen, Mary Benson; Darling, Carol Anderson – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Discusses implications for emergent literacy of a study of children two to three years old that examined how age and differing mnemonic cues are related to problem-solving strategies. The study found a transitional stage between older children's symbolic problem solving and younger children's reliance on trial and error. Suggests ways to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children
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Robinshaw, Helen M. – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Case studies examined impact of early intervention on the rate of acquisition of communicative and linguistic behaviors for a small group of severely and profoundly deaf infants. Found that infants who were diagnosed and used amplification by six months of age acquired vocal and linguistic skills at an age more comparable to hearing peers than did…
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills