As pressure to raise scores on standardized tests has trickled down to the lower grades, kindergarten and even pre-kindergarten classrooms have focused more onacademic skills. But debating whether a kindergarten or preschool classroom should be play-based or academic is the wrong question, experts s...
Academic vs. Play-Based Preschool Debate Fading in Favor of Intellectual DiscoveryLilian Katz views the debate about whether preschool should be play-oriented or academically...Harkins, Jill
(non-play-based) preschool were found to use less private speech than children in a play-based preschool (Krafft & Berk, 1998). This study, however, utilized non-experimental naturalistic observation of already existing classrooms. In contrast, the present study experimentally manipulated the ...
”—“What counts as play in many classrooms are highly controlled situations that focus on particular content labeled as ‘choice’ but that are really directed at capturing a specific content-based learning experience, such as number bingo or retelling a story exactly as the teacher told it on...
Olivia N. SarachoDepartment of Curriculum & InstructionEarly Child Development and CareSaracho, O.N. (1995). Preschool children's cognitive style and their selection of academic areas in their play. Early Child Development and Care, 112, 27-42....
Admission to the specialized kindergartens is based on the assessments by a pediatrician and speech pathologist. These kindergartens were established as the majority of children with impaired language/speech skills experience a considerable negative effect on their later academic and psycho-social ...
of ideas. Children did not always characterize their activities as “play”, and not all activities in the preschool program were described as play. The article highlights that play and learning are complex concepts that may be easily dismissed as separate, when rather they are deeply intertwined...
“Play is how young children make sense of the world,” saysLauren Starnes, EdD, a child development expert and chief academic officer for The Goddard School. “It's through play that young children reenact social situations and take on different roles and perspectives.” ...
Next, the (potential) role of nature-based schoolyards in addressing green space accessibility and availability in the city is a thematic thread mostly discussed in the academic literature with relatively scant mention in policy documents (Van Velzen and Helbich 2023; Raney et al., 2023; Zhang ...
At our Sunnyvale campus, we understand the significance of laying a solid foundation for future academic success. Our curriculum is meticulously designed to prepare children for the challenges of kindergarten while fostering a love for learning that will last a lifetime. Through hands-on activities,...