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Effective Pre-School and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11): Influences on children’s attainment and progress in Key Stage 2: Cognitive outcomes in year 5 [Research brief]
Sammons, Pam, February 2007
[Brief No: RB828]. Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A summary of a study of the degree to which attendance at particular preschools and primary schools impact children’s cognitive and socio-behavioral development, based on study data from the end of children’s fifth year of primary school

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Everyday spirituality: An aspect of the holistic curriculum in action
Bone, Jane, December 2007
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 8(4), 344-354

A description and discussion of spiritual experiences in an early childhood setting, and an exploration of the notion of hospitality as a spiritual concept from a case study of a Montessori casa, a private preschool in New Zealand

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Facilitating preschool learning and movement through dance
Lorenzo-Lasa, Riolama, August 2007
Early Childhood Education Journal, 35(1), 25-31

An exploration of a preschool movement through dance program and the advantages for preschool learning and skill development, discussing the cultural benefits and opportunities of such a program

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Frequency of six early childhood education approaches: A 10-year content analysis of Early Childhood Education Journal
Walsh, Bridget A., April 2007
Early Childhood Education Journal, 34(5), 301-305

An analysis of 492 issues of Early Childhood Education Journal to compare the frequency of six early childhood education approaches, including Bank Street, High/Scope, Head Start, Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and Waldorf

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How do the dinosaurs speak in England?: English in kindergarten
Elvin, Polly, March, 2007
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 15(1), 71-86

A description of the Polly Put the Kettle On: English in Kindergarten programming for 3- through 5-year-old children at two kindergartens in the small town of Lillesand, Norway

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Links between behavioral regulation and preschoolers' literacy, vocabulary, and math skills
McClelland, Megan, July, 2007
Developmental Psychology, 43(4), 947-959

A longitudinal study of the effect of preschool students' behavioral regulation skills, including paying attention, following instructions, and inhibiting inappropriate action, on their emergent literacy, math skills, and vocabulary, based on a sample of 310 preschool children

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Play in other languages
Fraser, Susan, 2007
Theory into Practice, 46(1), 14-22

An observational study of strategies used by early childhood educators to encourage young children to verbally express themselves and how non-English speaking young children from varying cultural backgrounds respond to the Reggio Emilia approach

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Preschool program improves cognitive control
Diamond, Adele, November 30, 2007
Science, 318, 1387-1388

An experimental study of the effect of Tools of the Mind, a curriculum designed to increase social and emotional self-regulation, on the executive function of a sample of 147 low-income preschool children

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Reggio Emilia as cultural activity theory in practice
New, Rebecca S., 2007
Theory into Practice, 46(1), 5-13

A discussion of five features of the Reggia Emilio approach to early childhood education and an examination of characteristics of this highly localized approach that makes it appealing to contemporary school reform initiatives

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[Review of the book I compagni: Understanding children's transition from preschool to elementary school]
Scott, Kimberly A., March 2007
Contemporary Sociology, 36(2), 196-197

A review of an analysis of the data generated from a seven-year longitudinal ethnography of Italian children transitioning from preschool to middle school, living in Modena, a city in Italy’s Emilio-Romagna region which is recognized as maintaining one of the world’s best preschool programs

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Supporting online material for: Preschool Program Improves Cognitive Control
Diamond, Adele, November 30, 2007
Science, 318

Supplemental material to an experimental study of the effect of Tools of the Mind, a curriculum designed to increase social and emotional self-regulation, on the executive function of a sample of 147 low-income preschool children

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Teaching preschoolers about inheritance
Schroeder, Meadow, February 2007
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 5(1), 64-82

A study of instructional practices for teaching preschool children about biological inheritance, with a focus on using children’s literature to introduce and discuss concepts

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Using music to improve task learning
FPG Child Development Institute, April, 2007
(FPG Snapshot No. 45). Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute.

A description of a music-based intervention to help preschool-aged autistic children learn steps in a task

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