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Defining and Implementing School Readiness: Challenges for Families, Early Care and Education, and Schools.

Kagan, Sharon L.; Neuman, Michelle J. – 1997

This article focuses on the importance of school readiness to school success and long-term life success. Issues relating to school readiness include what constitutes readiness, types of fundamental knowledge, how children approach learning, children's mental and physical health, and how readiness is defined. The article first examines what is…

Descriptors: Child Health, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education

Readiness for Kindergarten: What Does It Mean? A Review of Literature in Response to a Request by Assemblymember Kerry Mazzoni.

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de Cos, Patricia L. – 1997

In response to California Legislation that would change the cut-off for the minimum 5-year entrance age from December 2 to September 1, this paper reviews the literature discussing the appropriate age for beginning school. The review includes a brief history of kindergarten and its place in California law; discusses the possible impact of the…

Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education