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Cengizoglu, Seçil; Olgan, Refika; Teksöz, Gaye – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
In the current study, we focus on how the early childhood education for sustainability (ECEfS) program develops the perceptions of preschool children about the human-environment relationship. The sample of the study consisted of preschoolers aged 60-66 months in Ankara, Turkey. The data were collected through the drawings of children on the topic…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Program Descriptions
Sarah LeMay-Russell; Tiffany Rowell; Nimali Fernando; Heidi DiEugenio; Melanie Potock; Andie Chilson; Eliza Goldstein; Krystal Jennings; Nancy Zucker – Health Education Journal, 2025
Objective: Data demonstrate that children in the USA eat below the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables, which has been linked with increased risk of obesity and low weight. Previous school-based interventions promoting healthy eating and enjoyment of food have yielded outcomes such as improved weight and children's willingness to try novel…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Self Concept, Preschool Children, Interaction
Spiteri, Jane – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2020
Little is known about child-to-parent intergenerational learning for environmental sustainability. This qualitative multiple case study research investigated how young Maltese children (aged three to seven years) influence their parents' pro-environmental actions. Participants included 12 children and 10 parents. Data were collected via…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Parent Child Relationship, Sustainability, Case Studies
Payà Rico, Andrés; Bantulà Janot, Jaume – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2021
The child's right to play is specifically addressed in the framework of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The international recognition of this right is the central theme of this study. Through a documentary analysis of the reports of the States Parties to the Convention and the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of…
Descriptors: Play, Childrens Rights, Cross Cultural Studies, Children
Paik, Jae H.; Duh, Shinchieh; Lopez, Celeste; Rodriguez, Rita – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: Although crucial in early childhood, social and emotional learning (SEL) was seldom integrated in preschool classrooms until recently. This study reports the implementation and evaluation of an SEL program devised to assist Chinese preschoolers, a population that has been understudied. With cultural values/practices impacting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Social Emotional Learning, Psychological Patterns
Laranjeiro, Dionísia – Education Sciences, 2021
Recent studies indicate tablets as the preferred devices of preschool children, due to portability, autonomy of use and variety of apps. There is also extensive evidence of the contributions of digital technologies in different areas of learning at these ages. The Aprender XXI project aimed to develop game-based learning apps, with content…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Software, Computer Games
Laura L. Bellows; Savannah Hobbs; Susan L. Johnson – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2021
Food neophobia, defined as an unwillingness to consume novel and unfamiliar foods, is common in young children. Assessment of neophobia can be a challenge with this audience. With the increase in nutrition interventions focused on the young child, valid and reliable measures to assess willingness to try new foods that can be administered in groups…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Food, Teacher Role, Group Experience
Joanna Grace Phillips; Gaye Tyler-Merrick; Sivanes Phillipson – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2023
The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of the TOGETHER: Growing Children's Social and Emotional Competence programme. This programme was designed to build a more collaborative relationship between educators and parents so that they could, together, develop children's social and emotional competence skills by using positive behaviour…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Social Emotional Learning, Child Behavior
Kampmann, Jennifer; Bowne, Mary – Journal of School Counseling, 2020
This article introduces readers to a collaborative community of practice that implemented the Sanford Harmony curriculum, a curriculum that was implemented at a social skills camp for children who were "typical developing," as well as children on the autism spectrum. Even though a small number of families enrolled in the camp, several…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Curriculum Implementation, Interpersonal Competence, Autism
Sanjurjo, Pedro; Broeks, Miriam; Pardal, Mafalda; Leenders, Emma; Disley, Emma – RAND Europe, 2021
This case study analyses the events and debates between 2012 and 2016 leading up to the adoption of a Legal Framework for early childhood development in Brazil, focussing on advocacy efforts of the National Network of Early Childhood (RNPI), while recognising the active roles played by the Brazilian government's legislative and executive powers,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Childrens Rights, Case Studies, Preschool Children
Soto, Xigrid; Seven, Yagmur; McKenna, Meaghan; Madsen, Keri; Peters-Sanders, Lindsey; Kelley, Elizabeth Spencer; Goldstein, Howard – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: This article describes the iterative development of a home review program designed to augment vocabulary instruction for young children (ages 4 and 5 years) occurring at school through the use of a home review component. Method: A pilot study followed by two experiments used adapted alternating treatment designs to compare the learning of…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Vocabulary Development, Family Environment, Program Development
Christina E. Mead – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigated the use of playgroups as a play-based intervention for Early Intervention aged children with developmental delays. Children currently enrolled in Early Intervention National, across New York State, and locally are being provided with fewer services than in prior years due to provider shortages. Children from diverse…
Descriptors: Play, Preschool Children, Down Syndrome, Early Intervention
Wilson, Allison – Childhood Education, 2022
Early language experiences are vital to children's future success in school and quality language-rich interactions can be promoted at home and around the community in many creative ways. Project ELLO (Everyday Language and Learning Opportunities) is a research-based public engagement campaign that began as a novel and efficient way to address…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Academic Achievement, Learning Experience, Language Acquisition
Sokolovic, Nina; Grujic, Smiljana; Pajic, Sofija – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
Parenting support programmes are one of the most effective means of improving the mental health of caregivers and children. This study used a pre-post control group design with 970 participants to evaluate a group workshop programme (Support, not Perfection) designed to support caregivers of children zero to six in Serbia. Compared to those in the…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Parenting Skills, Behavior Problems, Parent Child Relationship
Nanmathi Manian; Wendy McColskey; Kim Benton; Noah Lipshie – National Comprehensive Center, 2021
School communities in both urban and rural settings need trauma-informed (TI) supports; however, the adversities experienced and access to student supports may be unique to rural school communities. In addition, the contextual challenges experienced by rural schools and communities, as well as the strengths that can be drawn from them, will…
Descriptors: Trauma, Rural Schools, Child Development, School Districts