Although past work demonstrates that children are sensitive to the knowledge state of potential informants (e.g., Koenig & Harris, 2005), less work has explored whether children spontaneously direct questions to adults over other children (who are less likely to be knowledgeable), and in ...
Preschoolers in America are touched less and are more aggressive than preschoolers in France. Early Child Development and Care, 151, 11-17.Field, T. (1999) "Preschoolers in America are touched less and are more aggressive than preschoolers in France". Early Child Development and Care, vol. ...
In two studies, a measure of executive function that had been used in research with chimpanzees was adapted for preschoolers. On this task, called Less Is More, children must point to a smaller reward (two candies) to receive a larger reward (five candies). In Study 1 (N = 101), ...
While obesity has been shown to be difficult to treat in adults, adolescents and school-aged children, promising results have been seen for preschoolers. Yet knowledge on the effectiveness of structured childhood treatment programs for obesity early in life is still very limited, preventing the wides...
Two weeks later, however, Mr Chen got some6news. He was told about a health care project which provides medical treatment for poor patients in7China. They8to pay only half the cost or even less. Thanks to the project and the kindness of9family and neighbours, he was able to receive an...
The key behind the word problems is to assume the right unknown variable and form the correct equations. Then just follow simple arithmetic rules to solve for the variable. Answer and Explanation:1 Let number of boys in class = x then number of girls in class as per...
In line with the national policy to promote paternal involvement in parenting, two-thirds of Swedish preschoolers with non-cohabiting parents live in two homes. Internationally, there has been a debate regarding the benefits or risks with joint physical custody for infants and toddlers. The aim of...
The researchers found that being overweight doesn’t make inhaled corticosteroids less effective at controlling asthma symptoms. That finding contradicts other research into the effectiveness of inhalers on older overweight patients. Lang suggested that this could mean that the pathways of inflammation are...
and the child has to find the matching sock stickers to put beside the one already on the page. Another activity has them filling in the numbers on a clock, telephone, and remote. There is even a page with word problems, where a child has to work with the concepts of less than and ...
Many moms of preschoolers have already heard aboutMudpies to MagnetsandEverybody Has a Body. The same publisher of those books,Gryphon House, publishes Preschool Math. I just thought somebody might like to know! Math PlayandScience Play, both Williamson Books, are a little less heavy in the ...