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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
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
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: Early Childhood Folio 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
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...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Starting school is a major life event for all involved: children, families, preschool educators, and school staff. All groups engage in a range of activities designed to make the time of transition...
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Asking very young children to draw can reveal a great deal about how they are coping with school, what they are learning and what they regard as important. Better teaching can follow.
| Year published: 1994 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Interviews with nine families about the transition to school for their special needs children showed that parents faced rejection and a multitude of dilemmas over access to resources, specialist...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
This article draws on research that was carried out in a kindergarten and two junior classes in one community. It presents findings about the understandings that mothers have of what and...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article