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Direct linkAlexis Jones; Xumei Fan; Leigh K. D'Amico; Janice Kilburn; Chelsea Richard – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2025
Kindergarten transition programs support successful school transitions for families and may reduce disparities in academic readiness upon school entry. Yet, access and participation in high-quality summer transition programs are lower among children from disadvantaged backgrounds. This study examined the impact of a summer kindergarten transition…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, School Readiness, Kindergarten
Wharton-Hunt, Amanda – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Concerns regarding social competence skills in preschool and kindergarten students and the impact to the disruption of learning within the classroom is a growing area of concern within public schools. Decreased social competence skills lead to increased difficulty in engagement and cooperation in the classroom, disrupting the learning environment…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Transitional Programs, Teacher Collaboration
Seabra-Santos, Maria; Major, Sofia; Patras, Joshua; Pereira, Marcelino; Pimentel, Mariana; Baptista, Elsa; Cruz, Francisca; Santos, Mariana; Homem, Tatiana; Azevedo, Andreia Fernandes; Gaspar, Maria Filomena – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2022
Transition to school may be experienced as a critical event for both children and their families. Within an ecological framework of transition, the scope of the concept of school readiness in recent years has decentered from the child to the environment, including the readiness of (pre)school education to develop core skills in children. This…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Primary Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Preschool Teachers
Benner, Aprile D.; Thornton, Anna; Crosnoe, Robert – Applied Developmental Science, 2017
Evidence that the learning gains of preschool fade as children transition into elementary school has led to increased efforts to sustain preschool advantages during this key transitional period. This study explores whether the observed benefits of sustainability practices for a range of child outcomes are explained and/or moderated by family and…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Surveys, Longitudinal Studies, Interpersonal Competence
Cook, Kyle DeMeo; Coley, Rebekah Levine – Early Education and Development, 2019
Research Findings: This study examines efforts by Head Start programs to coordinate with elementary schools and seeks to better understand how coordination practices may support children's transition to and success in kindergarten. Data were drawn from a nationally representative sample of Head Start children (N = 2,019) followed through…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Education, Elementary Education, Kindergarten
Download full textPeisner-Feinberg, Ellen; Soliday Hong, Sandra; Yazejian, Noreen; Zadrozny, Sabrina; Burchinal, Margaret – FPG Child Development Institute, 2020
Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts (PA PKC) is a state-funded prekindergarten program for 3- and 4- year-old children to help them gain school readiness skills. The goal of PA PKC is to help reduce educational disparities by providing high quality prekindergarten for children who lack opportunities or reside in environments that place them at risk of…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, School Readiness, Program Effectiveness, Equal Education
