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Hannula-Sormunen, Minna; Nanu, Cristina; Luomaniemi, Katri; Heinonen, Milja; Sorariutta, Anne; Södervik, Ilona; Mattinen, Aino – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2020
In this study we investigated the effects of two naturalistic 2- to 4-year-old children's intervention programs aimed at promoting children's Spontaneous Focusing On Numerosity (SFON) and early numerical skills. The study consisted of a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest design with a delayed posttest and an active control group participating in…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Intervention, Numeracy, Child Care
Mercado-Garcia, Diana; Manship, Karen; Quick, Heather E.; Holod, Aleksandra – American Institutes for Research, 2014
In 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Kindergarten Readiness Act into law. The law changed the kindergarten entry cutoff so that children must turn five by September 1 to enter kindergarten. The law also established a new grade level--Transitional Kindergarten (TK)--which is the first year of a two-year kindergarten experience for…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Entrance Age, School Readiness, Transitional Programs
Neitzey, Sharon C. – 1992
In response to parents' expressed need for appropriate academic strategies to be used at home with their kindergarten children, a series of parent workshops were designed to explain the philosophy of developmentally appropriate practices with children and to train parents to select activities that followed the philosophy. Participating parents…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Strategies, Kindergarten