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Cao, Simin; Dong, Chuanmei; Li, Hui – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The COVID-19 lockdowns had forced young children to take digital preschooling and their parents to practize digital parenting. This study explored how Chinese parents viewed and mediated early digital use during the lockdowns. A total of 2491 parents were recruited nationally and surveyed online in late 2020. The results indicated that: (1)…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Preschool Education, Educational Technology
Does Attending Center-Based Care Prior to Kindergarten Improve Latino Children's Academic Readiness?
Aurora, Melina; Farkas, George – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This study provides estimates for the impact of centre-based care participation during pre-kindergarten on Latino children's academic readiness skills at kindergarten-entry. Using the ECLS-K:2011 dataset, findings indicate that Latino children who participated in centre-based care during their pre-kindergarten year had significantly higher English…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Kindergarten
Chandwania, Dhruv; Natu, Abhijit – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The day-to-day environment surrounding the child influences its physical, social, and emotional wellbeing. The study was conducted to understand how the perception of children and their parents about the outdoor play spaces influences their outdoor participation. Face-to-face interviews with parents, a walk-along interview with children and audit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Parents, Outdoor Education
Daley, Denise M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Technology use among preschool-aged children (3 to 5 years old) is increasing significantly. Most of this use occurs at home, however, there is little research that investigates how it is affecting family relations and dynamics. This comparative case study explored the social practices of mobile technology in four preschool-aged children from two…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Family Environment, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Mokaberian, Mansoureh; Noripour, Shamsollah; Sheikh, Mahmoud; Mills, Paul J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Exploring effective interventions to compensate for developmental delay in premature neonates and reduce their mothers' anxiety is of great significance. This research aimed at examining the effects of body massage on Iranian premature neonates' physical and motor development, and on their mother's anxiety and attachment. Forty premature neonates…
Descriptors: Neonates, Premature Infants, Physical Health, Mothers
Scholl, Carolina Coelho; Coelho, Fernanda Teixeira; de Mello, Daniele Behling; Trettim, Jéssica Puchalski; de Matos, Mariana Bonati; Castelli, Rochele Dias; do Espírito Santo, Graciela Coelho; Böhm, Denise Müller; Molina, Mariane Lopez; Pinheiro, Ricardo Tavares; Quevedo, Luciana de Avila – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This study aimed to verify the course of maternal anxiety disorders and its impact on child development of toddlers. This is a cohort study that followed 497 pregnant adolescents who received antenatal care in the public health service in a southern city in Brazil. We assessed maternal anxiety disorders during gestation, postpartum, and when…
Descriptors: Mothers, Anxiety Disorders, Child Development, Toddlers
Durmus, Hasan; Solak, Yavuzalp – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The aim of this study was to demonstrate the change in weights of primary school students who could not attend school in the last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students height and weight were recorded in March 2020 and in March 2021 by the researchers. The study was completed with the participation of 29 female and 29 male. The percentile…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Body Weight, Elementary School Students, COVID-19
Emilson, Anette; Eek-Karlsson, Liselotte – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The aim of this study is to contribute knowledge about the politics of belonging that is embedded in the educational practice of early childhood institutions in Sweden, with the focus on children's doing of belonging. The research questions are: What appears as important aspects for belonging in everyday children's interactions in the ECE…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Cooperative Learning, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Sun, Anqi; Peng, Weiwei; Ansari, Arya; Li, Xile; Xu, Yue; Yan, Ni – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The current study addressed whether mothers' explicitly expressed and implicitly held attitudes towards infant crying (n = 71) differ with each other and how these two types of attitudes relate to mothers' depressive symptoms during the transition to parenthood. Neither mothers' explicit nor implicit attitudes towards infant crying predicted…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Crying, Parent Attitudes
Jalilinasab, Sara; Saemi, Esmaeel; Abedanzadeh, Rasool – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The present study aims to examine the effects of Brain Gym exercise on development of fundamental motor and social skills. Eighty-four children (Mage: 9.55±1.09 years) were selected and randomly assigned to two groups of 42: the Brain Gym and the control group. Participants in the Brain Gym group attended sixteen training sessions. The gross motor…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Children
Nieto, Carmen; Campos, Ruth – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The development of copying behaviours of a group of infants from 9 to 15 months of age is analysed. These behaviours are classified according to their type (mimetic or imitated) and function (instrumental, social or hybrid). The function of the behaviours is derived from observable indicators linked to dyadic interaction. Mimetic behaviours are…
Descriptors: Imitation, Infants, Infant Behavior, Psychomotor Skills
Coetzee, Bronwynè; du Toit, Stefani; Crouse, Rhonda; Roos, Annerine – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of early childhood development (ECD) centre staff in providing care and learning support to children living in a high-risk, low socioeconomic community. We interviewed 14 staff from an ECD centre. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically. We derived four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Nagy, Beáta Erika; Gáll, József Mihály; Szele, Anna Szabina – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The aim of our study is to describe the neuromotor development of preterm and low birth weight infants at 1 and 2 years of corrected age, and to examine the extent to which perinatal, neonatal, socio-demographic, and neuromotor development indices measured at the age of 1 are able to predict infants' development indices at the age of 2. Our sample…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Cognitive Development, Individual Characteristics, Body Weight
Celik, Melike Yavas; Guler, Selver – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
In this study, it was aimed to determine the difficulties in receiving care for infants who are in neonatal intensive care during the pandemic process. In this phenomenological study, interviews were conducted with semi-structured questions with the participants. While collecting the data, both observation and interview techniques were used. The…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Neonates, Barriers
Wang, Xinghua; Yang, Jialing; Zhou, Ji; Zhang, Shuyue – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Parent-grandparent coparenting is a common phenomenon in mainland China; however, little is known about its relationship with children's cognitive development. This study investigates the links between parent-grandparent coparenting and young children's executive function (EF) and examines the potential mediating role of maternal parenting between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Child Rearing, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren