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this web page, you can find information related
to the transition into kindergarten. Links will
take you to other web sites.
The
Transition to Kindergarten: A Review of Current
Research and Promising Practices to Involve Families,
Harvard Family Research Project
Marielle Bohan-Baker and Priscilla
M. D. Little, April 2002 http://gseweb.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/research/bohan.html
This resource provides an excellent array
of research including surveys of kindergarten
teachers. It promotes practices in this area including:
- Periodic
contact with families of preschoolers to begin
sharing information
- Periodic
contact with the children themselves to
begin to develop a relationship prior to school
entry
- Invitations
to visit the kindergarten in the spring
of the child's preschool year
- Preparation
and dissemination of home-learning activities,
including summer literacy activities
- Family
meetings prior to the onset of kindergarten
- Partner
with local parent-teacher association to
inform and parents families
- Dissemination
of information to parents on the transition
to kindergarten,
- Home
visits before and after children enter kindergarten
- Support
groups for parents as their children transition
to kindergarten
- Facilitate
early registration for kindergarten
- In
areas with a large percentage of limited English
proficiency families, staff early care and
education and kindergartens with bilingual teacher
aides
- The
Transition to Kindergarten by Robert C. Pianta
and Martha J. Cox © 1999 Paul G. Brookes
Publishing Co. P.O. Box 10624 Baltimore, Maryland
21285-0624.
www.brookespublishing.com .
This book is an assembly of a nationally recognized
set research on the following topics: integrating
our knowledge of transition to kindergarten;
the significance of early school transitions;
the ecology of transitions into and through
kindergarten; and, transitions for children
with diverse backgrounds and implications for
the kindergarten transition.
- An
Approach to Enhance Kindergarten Transition
Approach
This resource emphasizes family-school connections,
collaboration. www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/PDFs/spot17.pdf
The Kindergarten Transition Project at NCEDL
has developed a school-based approach designed
to enhance connections among children, families,
teachers and peers during the transition to
kindergarten.
- "Creating
Risk and Promise: Children’s and Teachers’
Constructions in the Cultural World of Kindergarten"
www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/PDFs/ed3_1.pdf
The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill addresses issues related to the transition
to kindergarten in their publication Early Developments,
Winter 1999 Volume 3, No. 1. Article gives initial
data and analyses from a major new national
survey of kindergarten teachers' perceptions
of transition and other topics.
- Early
Childhood Research & Policy Briefs, Winter
2002, Vol 2, #2.
www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/PDFs/TranBrief.pdf
This brief is a synthesis of current issues
by investigators and affiliates of the NCEDL.
It discusses issues, practices, philosophy,
and policy changes needed.
- Your
Link
www.yourlink.org/2004_spring/index.cfm
The purpose of Your Link is to provide up-to-date,
relevant information to professionals, parents,
and others interested persons concerned with
interagency intervention services to young children
with special needs and their families.
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Paving
the Way to Kindergarten: Timelines and Guide
Lines for Preschool Staff Working with Young
Children with Special Needs and Their Families.
http://thechp.syr.edu/PavingTheWay.html
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- Terrific
Transitions: Supporting Children's Transitions
to Kindergarten
www.terrifictransitions.org
- HeadStartInfo.org
Provides "Training Guides for Head Start Learning Community"
concerning transitions
Effective Transition Practices: Facilitating
Continuity (142pg) (PDF)
http://www.headstartinfo.org/publications/effective_transitions/index.htm
Planning for Transitions
(166 pg) (PDF)
http://www.headstartinfo.org/publications/planning_transitions/index.htm
Transitions: Parents Are Key
http://www.bmcc.edu/Headstart/Trngds/Transitions/
Family Partnerships:
A Continuous Process
http://www.bmcc.edu/Headstart/Trngds/Partners/index.html
Easing the
Transition from Preschool to Kindergarten: A
Guide for Early Childhood Teachers and Administrators
http://www.headstartinfo.org/recruitment/trans_hs.htm
- Title 1 Schools http://www.title1.spps.org/
Presentation for all Kindergarten transitions,
for professionals and families within title
1 schools. http://www.title1.spps.org/Kindergarten_Transition.html
- "Moving
On Up:
Transition to Kindergarten for Young Children
with Special Needs"
A guide to help
parents prepare their child for kindergarten
from Vermont's Dept of Public
Instruction. (24pg) (PDF)
www.state.vt.us/educ/new/pdf
- Early Childhood
Longitudinal Study (ECLS)
Highlights statistical information
on Childhood transitions from Birth through
5th grade. http://nces.ed.gov/ecls/
- Escalating
Kindergarten Curriculum
Authors: Lorrie
A. Shepard and Mary Lee Smith
www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/escalating.kinder.p.k12.2.html
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Kindergarten Curriculum
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