This practice guide, developed in conjunction with an expert panel, distills contemporary early childhood and preschool education research into seven easily comprehensible and practical recommendations. The guidance will help to prepare young children to benefit from the learning opportunities they will encounter in school.
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Regularly provide intentional, engaging instruction and practice focused on social-emotional skills.
This practice guide was prepared for the WWC by Instructional Research Group under contract 91990020F325 (GRAPE T4).
The following research staff contributed to the guide:
Madhavi Jayanthi, Russell Gersten, Rebecca Newman-Gonchar, Sarah Krowka, Kelly Haymond, Samantha Wavell, Joshua Furgeson, Julia Lyskawa, and Emily Rosen.
This is a one-page summary from the first recommendation from the Preparing Young Children for School Practice Guide: Regularly provide intentional, engaging instruction and practice focused on social...
This is a one-page summary from the first recommendation from the Preparing Young Children for School Practice Guide: Strengthen children’s executive function skills using specific games and activitie...
This is a one-page summary from the first recommendation from the Preparing Young Children for School Practice Guide: Provide intentional instruction to build children’s understanding of mathematical ...
This is a one-page summary from the fourth recommendation from the Preparing Young Children for School Practice Guide: Engage children in conversations about mathematical ideas and support them in usi...
This is a one-page summary from the fifth recommendation from the Preparing Young Children for School Practice Guide: Intentionally plan activities to build children’s vocabulary and language
This is a one-page summary from the sixth recommendation from the Preparing Young Children for School Practice Guide: Build children’s knowledge of letters and sounds
This is a one-page summary from the seventh recommendation from the Preparing Young Children for School Practice Guide: Use shared book reading to develop children’s language, knowledge of print featu...
This review protocol guided the review of research that informed the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Preparing Young Children for School practice guide and the intervention reports that will be developed based on studies that meet standards under this protocol.