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Carr, Robert C.; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Burchinal, Margaret R. – Early Education and Development, 2023
This study utilized data from the Family Life Project (FLP) to examine Head Start children's school readiness skills at the end of preschool in comparison to two other care groups: home-based care and other center-based care. The FLP study enrolled a birth-cohort of 1,292 children born in two historically low-wealth, rural regions of the U.S.,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Low Income, Disadvantaged Youth, African American Children
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Timperley, Sarah; Schaughency, Elizabeth; McDonald, Ruby-Rose; Reese, Elaine – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: Home-based early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a popular form of small-group ECEC, with potential to facilitate high-quality conversations during shared book reading. To investigate how home-based early childhood educators (ECEs) take advantage of learning opportunities, educators read two storybooks with children…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Home Instruction, Story Reading, Rhyme