Background Motor competence has important developmental associations with aspects of
physical health, but there has been no synthesis of longitudinal associations with cognitive …

Studies show that children spend considerable time engaged in informal learning outside of
educational settings. Informal educational settings such as museums can provide a variety …

Research has shown that the development of cognitive and social skills in preschool
predicts school readiness in kindergarten. However, most longitudinal studies are short …

Prediction from early development to later achievement has the potential to improve clinical
and educational service delivery as well as to inform developmental theory. In this …

The number of US children living in households with extended families has greatly
increased in the last 4 decades. This demographic shift calls for a reevaluation of the impact …

The ability of public-school pre-K programs to promote the school readiness of children and
provide a seamless transition to kindergarten is theorized to be dependent in part on …

Purpose: This review systematically summarizes the studies of the relationship between
primary-to-secondary school students' motor skills and academic achievement, and …

Abstract In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a mandatory shift from in-person
instruction to online learning for many young children. Teachers needed to adjust to virtual …

Elementary school principals play a key role in leading school personnel to provide
prekindergartners and kindergartners with the support needed to ensure their short-and long …

We report on a national South African multistage cluster sampling survey of early
development in 5,222 children aged 50-59 months enrolled in preschool programmes …