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Kayla Murphy; Keri Giordano; Tanaysha Deloach – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a mandatory shift from in-person instruction to online learning for many young children. Teachers needed to adjust to virtual teaching, children were isolated from their peers, and parents played a bigger role in learning during the pandemic. In 2021, the shift back to in-person learning occurred. Research has…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Teachers
Maruša Laure; Katarina Habe – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
This article examines the effects of Montessori music-movement activities on the development of the rhythmic abilities of 59 children from Montessori preschools, aged between 3 and 6 years. Children were deployed into two experimental groups (EG 1 (n = 20) & EG 2 (n = 22)) and a control group (CG) (n = 17). Our intervention consisted of…
Descriptors: Young Children, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Montessori Schools
Chuchu Zheng; Yong Jiang; Beibei Zhang; Fang Li; Tianyan Sha; Xingjiang Zhu; Wei Fan – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Job crafting is the process of individuals redefining and adjusting their job in personally meaningful ways to improve their work experience. In this multiple case study, we explore how a group of kindergarten teachers conducted job crafting and examine its potential outcomes. Based on criterion sampling and purposeful selection, we recruit 28…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Professional Autonomy
Lisa Fyffe; Pat L. Sample; Angela Lewis; Karen Rattenborg; Anita C. Bundy – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Cross-case study research was used to explore the school readiness of four 5-year-old children entering kindergarten during the 2020-2021 school year after three or more years of play-based early childhood education at a Reggio Emilia-inspired early childhood education center. Data included a series of three 1-h individual interviews with four…
Descriptors: Young Children, Kindergarten, Play, School Readiness
Mary E. Lyons – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Play, of varied type and form, provides opportunities for children to acquire a sense of competence and belonging when engaging in classroom life. The purpose of this study was to investigate ways that the inclusion of play as a curricular component eased academic stressors and supported motivation during the transition to kindergarten. In this…
Descriptors: Young Children, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Preschool Education
Carolina Melo; Robert C. Pianta; Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch; Francisca Romo; M. Constanza Ayala – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
The present study examined how the dosage and quality of the federal preschool program "Head Start" (HS) in the US related to children's self-regulation skills in kindergarten. Using Propensity Score Matching and multiple regression (OLS), this study explored how the number of years and hours a week of HS were related to self-regulation…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Incidence, Educational Quality, Social Services
Caroline Barratt-Pugh; Susan Hill; Nicola F. Johnson; Lennie Barblett; Alia Parker – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Texting-based programs are increasingly used to support parents as their child's first teacher and create links between home and school. However, there is scant evidence about the influence of program implementation on parent uptake and attrition--a key component of such programs. This article describes the design and delivery of Kindytxt, a…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Parent Participation, Kindergarten
Spadafora, Natalie; Reid-Westoby, Caroline; Pottruff, Molly; Wang, Jade; Janus, Magdalena – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
When the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020, the lives of families all over the world were disrupted. Many adults found themselves working from home while their children were unable to go to school. To better understand the potential impact of these educational disruptions, it is important to establish what learning looked like during…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Closing, Pandemics, COVID-19
Alghamdi, Ahlam A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
This study explores Saudi teachers' beliefs about STEAM education in early childhood education settings. The study sample consisted of 245 teachers working in kindergartens. The participants completed a survey comprising twelve items to elaborate teachers' beliefs toward implementing STEAM practices in their classrooms, as well as four close-ended…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, STEM Education, Art Education, Foreign Countries
Brown, Christopher P.; Ku, Da Hei; Englehardt, Joanna – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
Policymakers' demands for improved academic achievement by all children and the standardization of instructional practices continue to alter the landscape of early childhood education. Many within the early childhood education community are examining how these changes impact stakeholders' conceptions of school readiness. Yet, little has been done…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Educational Change
Danniels, Erica; Pyle, Angela – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
Policies related to the inclusion of children with disabilities in mainstream classrooms have led to questions regarding how teachers can help cultivate inclusive learning communities where all children are supported and valued. In play-based kindergarten programs, teachers are tasked with ensuring goals for children's learning and development are…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Play, Teaching Methods, Preschool Teachers
Watts, Rachel; Pattnaik, Jyotsna – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
The negative impacts of COVID 19 on children's holistic development have been reported by researchers around the world. This qualitative study explored teachers' and parents' perspectives on the impact of physical/social distancing and school closure policies on children's socioemotional development. The study was conducted in fall 2020. The…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes
Macy, Marisa; Pool, Juli; Chen, Ching-I.; Rusiana, Toni-Ann; Sawyer, Mali – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2022
This study examined selected parameters of two newly developed measures called AEPS-3 Ready-Set and Ready-Set Family Assessment of Children's Skills (FACS). Ready-Set is a school readiness measure designed to gather information from teachers or other professionals on children's kindergarten school readiness skills across important developmental…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Aptitude Tests, School Readiness, Child Development
Seabra-Santos, Maria; Major, Sofia; Patras, Joshua; Pereira, Marcelino; Pimentel, Mariana; Baptista, Elsa; Cruz, Francisca; Santos, Mariana; Homem, Tatiana; Azevedo, Andreia Fernandes; Gaspar, Maria Filomena – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2022
Transition to school may be experienced as a critical event for both children and their families. Within an ecological framework of transition, the scope of the concept of school readiness in recent years has decentered from the child to the environment, including the readiness of (pre)school education to develop core skills in children. This…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Primary Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Preschool Teachers
Barker, Kim Stevens; Kim, Do-Hong; Pendergraft, Elizabeth – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2022
This article reports findings from a study to investigate the efficacy beliefs, experiences, and instructional practices of pre-kindergarten (pre-k) teachers from a high-need district who engaged in collaborative professional learning experiences provided by a partner university. The study also examined language and literacy instruction for…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teaching Experience, Faculty Development, Cooperative Learning