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Direct linkMali A. Waugh; Aaron DeMasi; Michele Gonçalves Maia; Taylor N. Evans; Lana B. Karasik; Sarah E. Berger – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Learning to descend stairs requires motor and cognitive capacities on the part of infants and opportunities for practice and assurance of safety offered by caregivers. The American Academy of Pediatrics prescribes the age strategy to teach toddlers to safely descend stairs but without much consideration for individual differences in infants'…
Descriptors: Child Development, Individual Differences, Toddlers, Safety
Scacchi, Valeria – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
This article is based on doctoral research which contributed to my understanding of early years professional development and learning grounded in Froebelian principles. Through two freestanding but related case studies in London and San Miniato, the article explores the current professional learning and development for educators working with…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Educational Philosophy, Faculty Development
Simona Raimo; Teresa Iona; Antonella Di Vita; Maddalena Boccia; Valentina Torchia; Silvia Canino; Mariachiara Gaita; Maria Cropano; Liana Palermo – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2024
Interoception refers to the processing of internal bodily states and plays a critical role in motivational processes and behaviours. Instruments for assessing its subjective components (i.e., interoceptive sensibility) during childhood are crucially needed. Thus, in this study, we adapted and evaluated the psychometric properties of the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Questionnaires, Child Development, Child Behavior
Monti, Fiorella; Farné, Roberto; Crudeli, Fabiola; Agostini, Francesca; Minelli, Marianna; Ceciliani, Andrea – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
This study aimed to investigate the influence of Outdoor Education (OE) on different areas of development in 1-3-year-old children attending Italian nursery schools. The sample was composed of 160 children (1-3-year-old) divided into a first group (Traditional), with 76 children attending nursery schools with traditional educational activities;…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Preschools
Sara Colaianni; Madison M. Walsh; Sara Onnivello; Miranda E. Pinks; Chiara Marcolin; Kaylyn Van Deusen; Elisa Rossi; Nathaniel R. Riggs; Francesca Pulina; Lisa Daunhauer; Deborah J. Fidler; Silvia Lanfranchi – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: People with Down syndrome (DS) are predisposed to challenges with executive functions (EF), which are crucial for adaptive outcomes and academic success. Early interventions targeting EF are therefore critical. The present study analysed Italian data on the acceptability, enjoyability and household implementation of EXPO (EXecutive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Down Syndrome, Parent Role, Intervention
Gastaldi, Francesca Giovanna Maria; Longobardi, Claudio; Pasta, Tiziana; Prino, Laura Elvira – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Playing is essential for the development of higher psychological functions. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that playing constitutes an essential step in children's socio-cognitive development by describing playtime as the indicator of the gradual overcoming of self-centred thinking, with a view to acquiring new social adjustment…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Play, Nursery Schools, Imitation
Zucchetti, G.; Ciappina, S.; Geuna, T.; Nichelli, F.; Biondi, A.; Camera, F.; Ripaldi, M.; Fagioli, F. – Child Care in Practice, 2022
Purpose: Oncological diseases, especially if experienced in the first 3 years of life, expose young children to conditions of serious physical and emotional stress causing delays in their physical development, cognitive acquisitioning and issues related to their emotional and social functioning. This study examines the effects of the participation…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Young Children, Cancer, Early Childhood Education
Esposito, Gianluca; Venuti, Paola; Iandolo, Giuseppe; de Falco, Simona; Gabrieli, Giulio; Wei, Christine; Bornstein, Marc H. – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
We studied the development of narrative ability yearly in a cross-sectional design from 4 to 10 years. All children were given the same props and underwent the same procedures. Children's narratives were transcribed verbatim, and then coded for number of words, propositions, episodes and indexes of narrative cohesion and structure. Verbal IQ was…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Children, Child Development, Age Differences
Jennifer E. Lansford; Laura Gorla; W. Andrew Rothenberg; Marc H. Bornstein; Lei Chang; Jeremy D. W. Clifton; Kirby Deater-Deckard; Laura Di Giunta; Kenneth A. Dodge; Sevtap Gurdal; Daranee Junla; Paul Oburu; Concetta Pastorelli; Ann T. Skinner; Emma Sorbring; Laurence Steinberg; Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado; Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong; Liane Peña Alampay; Suha M. Al-Hassan; Dario Bacchini – Child Development, 2025
Primal world beliefs ("primals") capture understanding of general characteristics of the world, such as whether the world is "Good" and "Enticing." Children (N = 1215, 50% girls), mothers, and fathers from Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and United States reported neighborhood danger,…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, Mothers
Zampini, Laura; Burla, Tiziana; Silibello, Gaia; Capelli, Elena; Dall'Ara, Francesca; Rigamonti, Claudia; Ajmone, Paola Francesca; Monti, Federico; Zanchi, Paola; Lalatta, Faustina; Costantino, Maria Antonella; Vizziello, Paola Giovanna – First Language, 2021
Individuals with sex chromosome trisomies (SCTs) have an increased risk of language delays and impairments. However, there are only a few data relative to their language development in early childhood. The present study aimed to investigate the preverbal skills shown by a group of 8-month-old children with SCTs to assess the presence of a possible…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Language Acquisition, Infants, Genetic Disorders
Perucchini, Paola; Bello, Arianna; Presaghi, Fabio; Aureli, Tiziana – First Language, 2021
The goal of this intensive longitudinal study was to trace the developmental trajectories of infant pointing production, through consideration of the modality (i.e. pointing alone vs pointing-vocal coupling) and the communicative intention (i.e. imperative vs declarative). Multilevel analysis was used to model the normative trend and the…
Descriptors: Infants, Nonverbal Communication, Longitudinal Studies, Child Development
Mäkinen, Leena; Gabbatore, Ilaria; Loukusa, Soile; Kunnari, Sari; Schneider, Phyllis – Early Education and Development, 2020
Narratives have been extensively studied in recent decades, but studies investigating differences and similarities in the narrative features from a cross-cultural or cross-linguistic point of view are limited. This study investigated the narrative language of typically developing monolingual four- and eight-year-old Finnish, Italian and Canadian…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Narration, Child Development, English
Harkness, Sara; Super, Charles M.; Bonichini, Sabrina; Bermudez, Moises Rios; Mavridis, Caroline; van Schaik, Saskia D. M.; Tomkunas, Alexandria; Palacios, Jesús – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
Recent years have witnessed increasing attention to early childhood education and care as a foundation for children's successful development in school and beyond. The great majority of children in postindustrial societies now attend preschools or daycare, making this setting a major part of their culturally constructed developmental niches.…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Development, Preschools, Parents
Gabbatore, Ilaria; Dindar, Katja; Pirinen, Veera; Vähänikkilä, Hannu; Mämmelä, Laura; Kotila, Aija; Bosco, Francesca M.; Leinonen, Eeva; Loukusa, Soile – First Language, 2023
Effective communication is a fundamental aspect of children's daily living, enabling interaction with adults and peers. A rich literature suggests that communicative abilities develop with age, while little is known about cross-cultural differences and similarities. This study presents a comparison of the communicative performance of Finnish (n =…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Communication Skills
Barata, Clara – OECD Publishing, 2018
The first years of life lay the foundations for a child's future development and learning. Many countries have increased their financial support for provision of early childhood education and care (ECEC) over the past years. More recently, the focus of debate has been shifting from expanding access to affordable ECEC to enhancing its quality. A…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis
