Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers and preschoolers
An investigation of the relationship between structural and caregiver characteristics and child care quality, based on a data from the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study on Early Child Care
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Enhancing the transition to kindergarten: Linking children, families, & schools
A manual describing an approach to enhancing children’s transitions into
Kindergarten including interactions between children and teachers,
children and peers, parents and teachers, as well as preschool teachers
and kindergarten teachers
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An evaluation of an interdisciplinary team approach to delivery of childcare provider training
A study of an interdisciplinary team approach to delivery of childcare provider training conducted by Virginia Cooperative Extension through a survey of 171 childcare provider continuing education participants
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Head Start children's entry into public school: A report on the National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Study
An overview of the impact, on children, families, schools, and communities, of 31 local demonstration programs, conducted as part of the National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Study, in 30 states and the Navajo Nation from the 1991-92 school year through the 1997-98 school year, and implementing major initiatives related to: parent involvement; educational enhancement; family social support services; and health and nutrition
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The relation of child care to cognitive and language development
An examination of the relationship between early child care experiences and cognitive and language development among 1,364 children, from 10 sites in the United States, enrolled at birth and followed until age 3 to examine cognitive development, language production, and language comprehension as a function of quality and amount of child care
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Teachers' judgments of problems in the transition to kindergarten
A survey of kindergarten teachers' judgments regarding their students' school readiness
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Vaccination coverage among children enrolled in Head Start programs or day care facilities or entering school
A synthesis of reported data on vaccination rates of children in public schools and licensed child care centers, using information gathered through the Center for Disease Control’s National Immunization Program
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