This article presents the results of a systematic review of the literature involving writing
interventions in the preschool setting. The information presented is timely considering the …

Examining children's early writing skills, particularly for those who have been identified as at-
risk for later literacy difficulties, is critical to understanding potential differences in the early …

Previous research has suggested that handwriting letters may be an important exerciser to
facilitate early letter understanding. Experimental studies to date, however, have not …

In this article, I illustrate how research from cognitive science and the science of reading can
inform research on the science of reading instruction. This purpose is accomplished by …

This study examined the classroom writing environment in 31 Head Start classrooms, and
explored the relations between the writing environment, children's (N= 262) name-writing …

Early writing—a valuable early literacy skill—begins to develop prior to kindergarten. Young
children participating in preschool benefit from writing opportunities facilitated by teachers …

Interactive writing is a process‐oriented instructional approach designed to make the
composing and encoding processes of writing overt and explicit for young students who are …

The present study was designed to explore the association between preschool academic
skills and Grade 3 achievement among a sample of ethnically diverse children from low …

There is a growing interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
education in the early years. We discuss two tendencies in this movement. The first is the …

The purpose of this research was to examine the role of a range of play and learning
activities in the home (eg, painting, playing games, reading, singing and letters and …