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May 30 | Preschool Language Learning
"Peer Effects on Children's Language Achievement During Prekindergarten"
Preschoolers’ exposure to the stronger language skills of peers in the preschool classroom can have a small but significant impact on their language learning, according to a study published in the May/June issue of Child Development by researchers at the University of Virginia and Ohio State University.
The researchers note that while much research focuses on the importance of effective teacher interactions with preschoolers for language learning, the results of the study suggest that a successful language intervention for preschoolers with low language skills can also be interaction with children who have higher-level language skills. This should take place, the researchers add, in classrooms where children’s behavior is well managed. The study looked at more than 1,800 preschoolers in more than 450 publicly funded prekindergarten classrooms in 11 states.
The findings are important, the researchers note, because students in public preschool programs tend to be surrounded by peers who have underdeveloped language skills for their age. They suggest that state preschool programs be designed to include children with mixed language abilities, including those with higher-than-average abilities.
By Mary Ann Zehr READ MORE http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/05/20/32report-2.h28.html?tkn=XRRFtmSBtTulKtb1yjsKAL1n1Bp2a5n0YRHn
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There is no way to be fully prepared for the first day of Kindergarten no matter how much you try. The range of emotions alone that surround the first day of Kindergarten can be intense and never-ending. There were a lot of tears, fears, questions, and doubts. Will the new teacher be nice? Will the kids be nice? And all of those thoughts came from me.
My biggest challenge was not to let my daughter pick up on my fear and anxiety. She was fine with it from day one, but I on the other hand was a complete and utter mess. The more I stressed about the first day, the more apparent it became that my daughter was very excited about the idea. I quickly realized that maybe I was the one who needed another year of preschool.
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