All children are ready to learn: An emergent versus readiness perspective in early literacy assessment
A discussion of the differences between emergent literacy and reading readiness and a description of Marie Clay's contribution to assessing reading readiness as well as strategies to help implement her assessment techniques with young children with special needs
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Beginning reading instruction: Towards levelling the playing field
A comparison of the reading-related test scores of 7 children before and after an 8 week shared reading intervention, based on data collected from 6 voluntary participant low income families living in a small city in New South Wales
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Benefits of a comprehensive technology system in an early childhood setting: Results of a three-year study
An study of the effects of a comprehensive system of technology integration and services for children with disabilities on student engagement, fine motor skills, visual motor skills, emergent literacy, and communication and social skills
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A book reading intervention with preschool children who have limited vocabularies: The benefits of regular reading and dialogic reading
A study of the effects of storybook reading on the acquisition of vocabulary for preschool children who have poor vocabulary skills
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Comparison of phonological training procedures in kindergarten classrooms
A comparison of the effects of two phonological training procedures--segmenting and blending versus first sound identification and rhyming--on the literacy skills of kindergarten children with poor literacy skills
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Creating sustainable nursing interventions: An innovative health promotion strategy for handwashing in child care centres
A description of an evidence-based, cost effective pilot program using community child health nursing interventions to promote handwashing among child care center staff
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Demonstration of classroom survival skills in kindergarten: A five-year transition study of children with intellectual disabilities
A comparison of classroom skills utilized by children with disabilities and those utilized by their peers, based on a sample of 37 children who completed a year-long model inclusive program at Macquarie University in Australia
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Development, implementation, & evaluation of a nutrition education program for informal (unlicensed) child caregivers
A study of the development, implementation, and assessment of a nutrition education program for informal and unlicensed child care centers in Canada
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Early childhood teachers' beliefs and practices regarding multicultural and antibias education
An examination of early childhood teachers' beliefs regarding multicultural and anti-bias education, and the relations among teacher beliefs, characteristics, and classroom practices, based on a survey of 86 early childhood teachers, and a case study observation of classroom practice
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Early literacy for inner city children: The effects of reading and writing interventions in English and Spanish during the preschool years
An article presenting selected findings from the first two years of a study of an early literacy intervention in a child care center serving Spanish-speaking children.
Other
Effectiveness of influenza vaccination of day care children in reducing influenza-related morbidity among household contacts
A study of the effectiveness of vaccinating child care children on reducing influenza-related illnesses among their household contacts in ten child care centers serving US Navy personnel in San Diego, California
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Effect of food messages in children's books on preschool children's vegetable acceptance
An evaluation of the effectiveness of using children’s literature to increase vegetable acceptance, based on a sample of 118 children aged 2- to 5-years old enrolled in a Head Start program
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Effect of infection control measures on the frequency of diarrheal episodes in child care: A randomized, controlled trial
A study on the effects of infection control methods on the frequency and transmission of gastrointestinal infections, based on a sample of 544 children observed for 9 months at a child care center in Australia
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Effect of infection control measures on the frequency of upper respiratory infection in child care: A randomized, controlled trial
A study examining the effect of infection control intervention by child care workers on the frequency of upper respiratory infections in infants, based on a sample of 558 children in 23 child care centers in the Australian Capital Territory
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Effects of preschool phoneme identity training after six years: Outcome level distinguished from rate of response
Findings from a six-year follow-up evaluation of the effectiveness of the Sound Foundations program in raising levels of phonemic awareness, and its long-term effects on reading levels, based on data from 103 preschool children from the original sample--56 from the experimental group and 47 from the control group
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The effects of summer school: Questions answered, questions raised
An inquiry into the influence of summer school on the outcomes of children, based on a literature review of studies evaluating the effects of summer school on children’s development
Other
Enhancing the educational achievement of at-risk youth
A study of an educational enhancement program, administered outside of school, offered to at-risk early adolescents living in public housing
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Evaluation of a pilot project to identify at-risk children in Head Start
An evaluation of the efficacy of a pilot program proposed by the Southern California County Department of Education's (SCCDE) Early Education Unit, designed to decrease antisocial behavior in identified at-risk children enrolled in Head Start
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An experimental evaluation of an intervention to stimulate written language awareness in preschool children from low-income households
An inquiry into the relationship between hearing a book being read and the development of literacy skills, based on a sample of 30 children aged 2- to 5- years old enrolled in a Head Start program
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An exploratory study of the effects of storybook reading in preschool on language and early literacy skills
An investigation into the effects of storybook reading and story retelling on the children’s acquisition of early literacy skills, based on a sample of 86 four- year old children enrolled in a Head Start program in southwest Virginia
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Good practice in the care of very young children
An exploration of practices in early childhood education and care in Scotland
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Head Start teachers' conceptions of full inclusion of young children: A study of four teachers
An inquiry into the opinions of two Head Start teachers and their assistants on the full inclusion of children with disabilities into the classroom
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Hmong Youth Pride: Outcomes evaluation summary
Results of an assessment of the services of Hmong Youth Pride, a co-ed after school program located in three Minneapolis and St. Paul elementary schools, designed to help Hmong students in grades 4-8 improve their grades, stay in school, improve their self-esteem, learn about their heritage, and avoid negative behaviors such as drugs, alcohol and violence
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Integrating visual and verbal literacies in the early childhood education classroom
A discussion of integrating visual and verbal literary elements in early childhood education, with a focus on the influence of technological changes on a child's literary development
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Kindergarten teachers' perceptions of intervention strategies for young children with mild learning and behavior problems
An evaluation of the intervention strategies used by kindergarten teachers for children with mild learning or behavioral problems, based on a survey of 154 kindergarten teachers in Greece, using a 4-point Likert scale to rate 40 intervention strategies
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