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The connecting role of playfulness in young children’s communication is explored with a specific focus on children’s playful narratives. Such narratives are useful frameworks for teachers’...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
The main findings from a literature review exploring thinking skills in the early years (for children aged three to seven) are summarised, and some practical recommendations for teachers seeking to...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
This article summarises the main findings from a literature review exploring thinking skills in the early years (for children aged 3 to 7) and provides some practical recommendations for teachers...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The introduction this year of the draft key competencies (paralleling the five strands of Te Whāriki) brings an exciting new development to the early childhood as well as the primary and secondary...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The introduction this year of the draft key competencies (paralleling the five strands of Te Whāriki) brings an exciting new development to the early childhood as well as the primary and secondary...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
The ideal that early childhood centres in Aotearoa/New Zealand are places where children and families “belong” raises questions for families who are in the process of looking for a centre to “belong...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Progression and continuity are considered to be indicators of quality and effectiveness in early childhood education, but there are different and sometimes competing definitions of these concepts.
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
The challenges of sociocultural assessment are complex but exciting. Discussion and debate will help to broaden the boundaries and empower practitioners to reconceptualise assessment so that they...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Literacy and numeracy have been receiving increasing attention in New Zealand in recent years. This paper discusses how early childhood practitioners might respond to current initiatives in the area...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Being ready, willing, and able to learn are important attributes for four-year-olds. Can early childhood centres encourage persistence?
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article