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School Entry Age
Introduction At what age should children enter formal schooling? Practices vary widely across countries and localities within countries, and even among families within small communities. The...
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School Readiness and the Transition to Kindergarten: Developmental Domains, Systemic Influences, and the Role of Context
Introduction Children’s transition to kindergarten and their skills at school entry forecast long-term academic success.1,2 Given the importance of these early skills, school readiness has long...
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Play-Fighting During Early Childhood and its Role in Preventing Later Chronic Aggression
Introduction In the last decades, the opportunity for children to engage in freely occurring play has eroded due to an increase in structured activities (e.g., sports, music, dance lessons) and...
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Computer-Assisted Word Recognition Interventions
Introduction Children in Kindergarten (Reception) through Grade 2 must develop word recognition skills—the ability to read individual words quickly and accurately—to support reading...
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Language development and literacy
This topic aims to help understand the close link between learning to talk and learning to read, their importance in children’s intellectual development, the learning mechanisms involved and the...