Research findings: While research is beginning to emerge about the educational landscape
during COVID-19, little attention has been paid to preschool. This mainly descriptive study …

The ninth edition of The Sociology of Education examines the field in rare breadth by
incorporating a diverse range of theoretical approaches and a distinct sociological lens in its …

Children's learning and cognitive development have a distinct receptivity to the
circumstances of childhood. However, not all children have equal opportunities and learning …

Self-regulation (SR) is considered foundational in early life, with robust evidence
demonstrating a link between early self-regulation and longer-term outcomes. This has been …

Over the past three decades, a growing number of studies have provided empirical evidence
that the home learning environment (HLE) is an important predictor of differences in …

There is a strong positive association between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and
academic achievement. This disparity may, in part, be explained by differences in early …

Parental input is considered a key predictor of language achievement during the first years
of life, yet relatively few studies have assessed the effects of parental language input and …

Introduction The home learning environment is the earliest contact learning environment in
early childhood development, which plays an important role in the development of children's …

Little is known about the development of early screen use patterns. Using data from 1949
families in Calgary, Alberta, drawn from the All Our Families cohort, this study examined …

Emergent literacy is an umbrella term that encompasses developmental precursor skills,
knowledge, and attitudes related to reading and writing. Previous studies have focused on …