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Direct linkErin G. Fox; Sarah N. Lang; Erin Tebben – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Despite evidence that play supports learning and development across a range of domains in early childhood, play time has been decreasing for many young children in recent years. Early care and education (ECE) teachers are in a unique position to promote developmentally appropriate play as a way to help young children learn, and ECE teachers'…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Classroom Techniques, Play, Educational Planning
Petersson, Jöran; Sayers, Judy; Rosenqvist, Eva; Andrews, Paul – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
In this paper, motivated in part by evidence that Swedish teachers are sceptical of parents' abilities to offer appropriate support, we present an exploratory investigation of the activities Swedish parents initiate to facilitate their year-one (first grade) children's learning of mathematics. Data, derived from 25 semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents as Teachers, Children, Grade 1
Valeria Aloizou; Stavey Linardatou; Michael Boloudakis; Symeon Retalis – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2025
Incorporating immersive technologies in education has become increasingly popular due to their ability to facilitate active learning and engage students in the acquisition of concepts and skills. One form of immersive technology includes educational games that incorporate movement interaction, allowing children to engage with in-game elements by…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Core Curriculum, Classroom Environment, Movement Education
Download full textMercado-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
Oun, Tiia; Ugaste, Aino; Tuul, Maire; Niglas, Katrin – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
The aim of this study was to examine how teachers in the Step by Step and traditional kindergartens assess their child-centred activities. 308 teachers participated in the study and a questionnaire was used. The results of the study showed that teachers in the Step by Step programme used a child-centred approach more in their work than teachers in…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Teaching Methods, Student Centered Curriculum, Preschool Evaluation
Bryant, Donna M.; And Others – 1989
This is a report of a statewide study of kindergarten practices in North Carolina in 1988 which involved classroom observations (N=103 randomly selected classrooms) and questionnaires returned by 218 elementary school principals (an 86% response) and by 375 kindergarten teachers (an 81% response). Several questions were addressed by the study. (1)…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Certification, Classroom Research, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
