E arly childhood interventions have been shown to have a wide variety of positive effects. Reynolds and colleagues report on the outcomes of 1539 individuals aged 24 years who were enrolled in the ChildParent Center program in Chicago beginning in preschool. Compared with a nonrandomized control group, participants had higher rates of school completion and college attendance. They also had lowe...

In the research reported here, we examined these and related questions, exploring both the expansion in preschool attendance and its consequences, especially for disadvantaged children, and the effects of the increased outlays on early childhood education and child care over the 1990s. We drew on enrollment data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the newly available Early Childhood Lo...

With the increasing seriousness of environmental problems, importance education is increasingly recognized, especially in preschool education. Environmental can not only help children understand issues and develop their awareness but also enhance skills behaviors through practical activities. However, how to effectively conduct evaluate effectiveness have been concern research communities. Thro...

164 four-year-old children (14% Latino American, 30% African American, 56% European American; 57% girls) in 22 Head Start classrooms were followed through third grade. Growth curve models were used to estimate the predictive associations between pre-kindergarten executive function (EF) skills and trajectories of academic skill development (math, literacy, overall academic functioning) and socia...

Scabies and pediculosis are ubiquitous, contagious, and debilitating parasitic dermatoses. The tendency of high prevalence of pediculosis and scabies among school and preschool age children has prompted us to conduct a head louse and scabies prevalence survey among preschool nursery children in our district. A school-based, crosssectional study was performed, with 1,134 children chosen for eval...

Introduction. Children with severe food allergies may spend many hours in the preschool setting. Little is known about anaphylaxis recognition and management preparedness among preschool staff. The objective of this study was to assess anaphylaxis preparedness among preschool staff. Methods. Anonymous questionnaires were administered before and after a 40-minute educational seminar on anaphylax...

The study was intended to examine the evaluation of development students’ and future teachers’ preparation in area digital preschool primary school education, supported by information communication technology (ICT). In this article, author studies concept curriculum “Information education children education” course implemented pedagogy program bachelor specialization referred as “Preschool educ...

Neurological development is largely a result of the learning that takes place starting at birth and during the earliest years of life. Child Care and Preschool Education Programs are key to predicting ultimate success in school and life. Children who attend preschool or other early education programs have enhanced cognitive, verbal, and social development (which is maintained into the first few...

Steven Barnett and Clive Belfield examine the effects of preschool education on social mobility in the United States. They note that under current policy three- and four-year-old children from economically and educationally disadvantaged families have higher preschool attendance rates than other children. But current programs fail to enroll even half of poor three- and four-year-olds. Hispanics...

background : obesity and over weight is one of the causes of threatening children's present and future life. one of the factors that cause this problem is parents' attitude toward preschool children's nutritional patterns. education can improve the parents’ attitude and prevents from this big issue. this study aimed to assess changes in mother's attitude and behavioral intention using intention...