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Marrero, Meghan E.; Gunning, Amanda M.; Tazi, Zoila – Science and Children, 2014
Kindergarteners have plenty of opportunities to discover and investigate cause and effect in their own lives and in all subject areas. If it rains, they may not be able to go outside for recess. If they pump harder on the swing, the swing will go faster and higher. In science, they may investigate pushes and pulls; discover how exposure to…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Science Education, Discovery Processes
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Saracho, Olivia N. – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
A family literacy program was examined to document the literacy experiences of 25 fathers and their five-year-old children. Using a case study methodology, this study examined the effects of a literacy intervention program that was designed to assist fathers to promote their children's acquisition of literacy. The results indicated that the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Family Literacy, Emergent Literacy, Fathers
Clarkin-Phillips, Jeanette; Carr, Margaret – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2009
This project came about after discussions with the general manager of the Wellington Region Free Kindergarten Association and Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips (University of Waikato) about setting up a research partnership to support the teachers at Taitoko Kindergarten in Levin. The teachers were establishing an integrated community centre (the whanau…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Pilot Projects, Parent Workshops