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Putting things in order is an important way of organising them. Children who can organise objects, according to colour, or size, or what they are used for, are well on the way to being able to...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set 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
This article looks at ways of bridging the discontinuities young children experience between three settings: the home environment, the early childhood setting, and the new entrant classroom. It...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Road safety education for young children requires more than games, rhymes, and worksheets; it needs to be linked to everyday experiences of traffic and addressed "little and often". This article...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
With a focus on dispositions and affordances, Sally Peters considers some of the dominant theoretical ideas about transition, including maturational readiness, “filling the gaps”, scaffolding the...
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2003_3_15.pdf | Content type: Set article
"Every honest caregiver and teacher knows that she/he has ... a relationship with at least one child now and then that includes quite a bit of conflict." This article looks at how teachers of young...
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Fascinating research showing the physical and emotional conditions that can establish a "good beginning of life". The role of early childhood services in promoting and sustaining the healthy...
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
How is creativity defined and what are the implications for staff working in early childhood settings? In this article, Caroline Sharp considers evidence from research and theory as it applies to...
| Year published: 2005 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article