Early Child Development and Care

Papers
(The median citation count of Early Child Development and Care is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
The psychosocial development theory of Erik Erikson: critical overview42
Digital parenting during the COVID-19 lockdowns: how Chinese parents viewed and mediated young children’s digital use24
Vygotsky’s theory in-play: early childhood education14
It’s like a fruit on a tree: young Maltese children’s understanding of the environment13
Early childhood development in Bangladesh and its socio-demographic determinants of importance13
Parenting style and prosocial behaviour among Chinese Preschool children: A moderation model12
The effect of project-based STEAM activities on the social and cognitive skills of preschool children10
Children’s family drawings: association with attachment representations in story stem narratives and social and emotional difficulties9
Math achievement outcomes associated with Montessori education9
Effect of age-appropriate play on promoting motor development of preschool children9
The effectiveness of swaddling and maternal holding applied during heel blood collection on pain level of healthy term newborns; randomized controlled trial9
Doing belonging in early childhood settings in Sweden8
Pestalozzi and pedagogies of love: pathways to educational reform8
Early-childhood teachers’ emotion socialization practices: a multi-method study8
The effect of white noise and classical music on pain and physiologic parameters in preterm infants during retinopathy of prematurity examinations: a randomized controlled trial8
Links between parent–grandparent coparenting, maternal parenting and young children’s executive function in urban China7
Vocabulary enrichment using an E-book with and without kindergarten teacher’s support among LSES children7
Maternal Antenatal Attachment Scale (MAAS) reference values at different stages of pregnancy and their possible associations with major obstetric and demographic characteristics7
Supporting young Spanish speaking English learners through teacher scaffolding and reciprocal peer tutoring7
Developing connections between healthy living and environmental sustainability concepts in Cretan preschool children: a randomized trial7
The promise and the practice of early childhood educare in the writings of Urie Bronfenbrenner7
Cultural-historical study of crises in child role adjustment during transition to school within a bi-cultural context7
Children on the borders between institution, home and leisure: space to fend for yourself when leaving the school-age educare centre6
Outdoor play activities and outdoor environment of early childhood education in Turkey: a qualitative meta-synthesis6
Relationship between permissive parenting style and atypical behaviour in preschool children, with generalized anxiety as mediator6
Developmental change in attachment objects during childhood6
A study on the effect of Montessori Education on self-regulation skills in preschoolers5
Examining the effects of kindergarten writing instruction on emergent literacy skills: a systematic review of the literature5
Contemporary principles to lead understandings of children’s learning: synthesizing Vygotsky, Rogoff, Wells and Lindfors5
Developmental disparities based on socioeconomic status and sex: an analysis of two large, population-based early childhood development assessments in Uruguay5
Play tendency and prosociality in early childhood5
Child-specific interaction quality at the first and last year of preschool and its relationship to preschool, child, and family characteristics – an empirical perspective using the inCLASS5
An investigation of preschool children’s creativity in terms of their courage value and competition5
An investigation on the effects of block play on the creativity of children5
Improvements in babies’ neuropsychomotor development after family-centered Kids Intervention Therapy – Aquatic Environment (KITE): biopsychosocial approach5
Relations between parental math beliefs and emergent math skills among preschoolers from low-income households4
A framework for considering teacher-child musical interactions in the early childhood classroom4
Examining the effectiveness of body massage on physical status of premature neonates and their mothers’ psychological status4
Exploring the relationship between parent mental health and parent–child emotion reminiscing4
Ethnic-racial socialization in early childhood: effects of parent–teacher congruency on children’s social and emotional development4
Do parental stimulation practices modify the effect of child’s health status on early developmental risk? Findings from a hospitalized cohort4
Froebel’s kindergarten and its movement in Germany and the United States4
Breastfeeding motivation in mothers of excessive crying infants: A correlation study4
Effect of Kangaroo care on Vulnerable Infant Syndrome in mother4
Cognitive development among low birthweight (LBW) children at 4-year-old in relation to socio-demographic variables and chronic morbidities4
Quality of early childcare in the home and cognitive development at age 5: results from the South African birth to Twenty Plus cohort study4
Fundamental motor and social skills of children: the role of Brain Gym exercise4
Developing social-emotional skills through imaginative teaching methods in elementary education4
The relationship between preschoolers’ sensory regulation and temperament: implications for parents and early childhood caregivers4
Physical and sensory environment interventions to support children’s social and emotional development in early childhood education and care settings: a systematic review4
Preschool-aged children's agency in shared book reading: the relation to the literacy environment in Czech families4
Executive function ratings in educational settings: concurrent relations with cognitive and affective theory of mind4
Associations of muscular fitness and body composition in children4
What makes a child musical? conceptions of musical ability in childhood4
The impact of B. F. Skinner’s science of operant learning on early childhood research, theory, treatment, and care4
Participation in play activities in the children’s peer culture4
Early motor development in China: secular trends among 4-year-olds4
Media use and children's self-regulation: a narrative review4
Home environment and social skills of Japanese preschool children pre- and post-COVID-194
Fathers’ emotional experiences while parenting toddlers: a qualitative exploration4
Preschool screen-media usage predicts mental imagery two years later4
Receptive vocabulary of preschool children with migration backgrounds: the effect of home literacy activities4
How teachers, peers, and classroom materials support children’s inquiry in a Reggio Emilia-inspired preschool3
Pedagogical practices in ECEC institutions and children’s linguistic, motor, and socio-emotional needs during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a longitudinal multi-perspective study in Germany3
Activity settings and attributed social disadvantage as influencing factors on teacher–child interaction quality in central Germany3
The impact of begin to ECSEL on children’s self-regulation, executive functions and learning3
Children developing self-regulation skills in a Kids’ Skills intervention programme in Finnish Early Childhood Education and Care3
Children’s epistemic and interpersonal trust decisions for precise versus relative testimony3
Exploring caregivers’ perceptions on their role in promoting early childhood development3
Effect of using white noise, embracing and facilitated tucking on pain during heel lance blood sampling in newborns3
Gender differences in the development of children's social and emotional competencies during the pre-school year3
Is there a connection between children’s language skills, creativity, and play?3
How maternal traumatic childhood experiences affect adolescent and young mother–infant interaction at 3 months3
Examining the indirect effects of kindergarteners’ executive functions on their academic achievement in the middle grades of elementary school3
Study of perception of parents and their children about day-to-day outdoor play spaces3
Improving early childhood teachers’ emotional skills supporting children’s academic socio-emotional development3
Difficulties experienced in providing care of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit during COVID-193
Vygotsky’s contributions to understandings of emotional development through early childhood play3
How do children build knowledge in early childhood education? Susan Isaacs, Young Children Are Researchers and what happens next3
Socioeconomic status and young children’s sleep/wake problems: the moderating role of maternal mindful parenting3
Mikhail Bakhtin: a two-faced encounter with child becoming(s) through dialogue3
Theorists and their developmental theories3
Preschool children’s behavioural intentions towards and perceptions of peers with disabilities in a preschool classroom3
Young children’s play during a time of social distancing3
Friedrich Froebel: interpolation, extrapolation3
Sibling struggles: the impact of siblings upon child development in rural China3
The role of partnership practices in strengthening parental trust3
Reflection on methodologies and prioritizing children’s perspectives on protection needs within informal urban settings3
Caregiver–child relationships in after-school care: the role of gender and the gender match3
Vulnerable preschoolers mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic in Argentina: A cross-sectional study3
Examination of the relationship between the creativity and social skills of primary school children2
Demographic characteristics as determinants of toddlers’ physical and social spontaneity in kindergarten2
Personal and fictional narratives development in kindergarten children. The effects of an intervention programme2
Preschoolers’ executive function boots the development of empathy: one-year cross-lagged panel analysis2
Early childhood theories, ideals and social-political movements, an oral history study of pioneers in the second half of the twentieth century2
The effect of postpartum sleep quality on mothers’ breastfeeding self-efficacy level2
What, where, when and how: Finnish children’s perceptions of learning in preschool2
Self-regulation and play: how children’s play directed with executive function and emotion regulation2
‘I can do this by my own self’: how four preschool-aged children navigated mobile technologies at home2
Effects of family-focused early intervention on the neurodevelopment of children at biological and/or social risks: a quasi-experimental randomized controlled trial2
The relative age effect and gender difference on fundamental motor skills in preschool children aged 4–5 years2
Children’s engagement in Quebec childcare centres: progression from 3 to 5 years old and predictor variables2
Changes in the weight status of school children in Turkey during the COVID-19 lockdown period2
Associations between of maternal parenting styles and beliefs about children's emotions on preschoolers’ social skills and problem behaviours2
Family process and young children’s social adaptation: conditional process analyses across child-care experiences2
Education versus care for infants and toddlers: the Australian early childhood challenge2
Predictor variables of neurodevelopmental characteristics at 2 years among low birth weight and preterm children: a 2-year follow-up study2
Improving learners’ comprehension skills in the early years through group discussion2
Association between home motor affordances and motor skills in daycare and non-daycare attending children2
The impact of fathers’ gender perspectives and involvement on children’s resilience2
Social exclusion, and mistrust of state-led early childhood care and education policies: a qualitative case study in the estate sector of Sri Lanka2
Maternal satisfaction with professional health care for excessive infant crying: does it meet maternal needs?2
Challenges and opportunities: book discussions of gender non-conformity in two preschool classrooms2
Examining the relation between adult scaffolding of make-believe play and children’s executive functions: an observational study conducted in a natural educational setting2
Examining the role of demographic characteristics, attachment, and language in preschool children’s executive function skills2
The effectiveness of gross motor interventions in improving motor function in childhood apraxia of speech2
The effectiveness of child-centered group play therapy and narrative therapy on preschoolers’ separation anxiety disorder and social-emotional behaviours2
The representation of mental states in young children’s writings: the role of early narratives in supporting theory of mind2
Predicting third-grade academic achievement in low-socioeconomic children: developmental and socio-behavioural influences in kindergarten2
Musical learning as a contributing factor in the development of socio-emotional competence in children aged 4 and 5: an Exploratory study in a naturalistic context2
Investigation of early kangaroo care applied newborns who had invasive interventions in delivery room with COMFORTneo Behavior Scale2
Imitation and intention understanding in typically developing children and children with autism spectrum disorder2
Fathers’ stimulation of toddlers’ cognitive development contributes to children’s executive function skills at five years of age2
Toddlers’ social experiences and learning related behaviour in early childcare: a video-based observational study1
The relationship between play and language milestones in infancy1
Cognitive development of children in vulnerable contexts: the role of psychosocial intervention1
Parenting issues and attachment orientations: a comparison between Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina1
Unprecedented times: what we have learned about remote instruction in early childhood during the COVID-19 pandemic1
Agree or disagree? A comparison of the staff’s and parents’ perceptions of important factors and goal fulfilment for an inclusive preschool in Sweden.1
Early childhood education pioneers and their curriculum programs1
Early childcare setting in Israel: structural quality, caregiver sensitivity, and children's behaviour1
Developmental implications of preschool children’s affective experiences during organized activities1
Children born very or extremely preterm transitioning to school: a cross-sectional study examining predictors of school readiness, school adjustment, and support needs1
Evaluation of playfulness and motivation in pre-school and primary school children with hearing loss1
Essentials for excellence in quality early child care1
Subjective school wellbeing of refugee and local children: Voices from having, loving, and being dimensions1
Impact of maternal, paternal mental state talk and quality of parenting on executive function of preschoolers1
Children’s early reading through the sense of smell: a typology of olfactory engagement1
Children’s drawings of student-teacher relationship quality: examining change over the first year of school.1
Cultural literacy of preschool teachers teaching children from different cultures1
South African community health workers’ perspectives of mother–infant bonding1
Teachers’ perceived impact of COVID-19 on Early Child Development in urban China: evidence from a National Survey Study1
Emergent digital literacy in Chinese preschoolers: developmental patterns and associated predicators1
Parental engagement in caregiving activities and its association with socioeconomic and child-rearing environment at home in Vietnam1
Boys, weapon toys, war play and meaning-making: prohibiting play in early childhood education settings?1
Early motor copying behaviours: analysis of their functions and relationship with language1
Relations between socioeconomic status, parental stress, parenting practices, and working memory in Hong Kong kindergarten children1
Developing categories for children’s creative and responsive musical actions in group improvisation: a mixed methods action research study1
Active commuting to early childhood education and care institutions among toddlers (2–3 years)1
Growth in children with congenital Zika syndrome: a 4-years longitudinal cohort study1
The kindergarten in the religious kibbutz – The intersection between religious education and kibbutz education1
The effect of sensorimotor interventions on feeding readiness and oral feeding success in preterm infants: a randomized controlled trial1
Seeing infants differently: Magda Gerber’s contributions to the early care and education field and their continuing relevance1
Prerequisites for emergent literacy in Swedish preschools1
Closeness and conflict in teacher-child relationships in preschool: the role of child personality types1
Listening to a siblings’ day: musical interactions in a family setting1
Screen time and preschoolers’ pre-academic and behavioural competence: the moderating role of child characteristics1
Mothers’ implicit and explicit attitudes towards infant crying: predicting postpartum depressive symptoms1
The well-being of Rohingya children in Rohingya camps of Bangladesh during the Covid 19 pandemic: a qualitative exploration1
The role of mother–child relationship between young children’s anxiety and social play1
A potpourri of philosophical and child development research-based perspectives as a way forward for early childhood curricula and pedagogy: reconcilable schism or irreconcilable severance?1
The interrelation between children’s play behaviour, temperament, and special educational needs (SEN) in early childhood special education (ECSE)1
Nannies or creche: exploring child carers’ knowledge of the first 1000 days and their perception of the significance of their role as carers1
Interaction quality in German early childcare settings: investigating the domains of CLASS Toddler and the associations with structural characteristics1
Preschool children’s behaviours in competitive games: are these games really harmful to social-emotional development?1
Accident prevention in early child rearing institutions: an integrative review1
Young children’s selective trust decision between relative versus precise expressions1
Precarity and work-family balance: fathers’ workplace demands and perinatal home visiting participation1
‘I’m no longer myself anymore’: burnout and coping of educators-caregivers in day-care centres in Israel1
The metamorphosis of early childhood theorists and pioneers1
The effects of kangaroo care at birth on exclusively breastfeeding, baby’s growth and development according to attachment theory: a randomized controlled trial1
Cognitive basis of drawing in young children: relationships with language and imaginary companions1
Fidelity of implementation of activity-based intervention in daycare1
The relationship of breastfeeding self-efficacy with relationship satisfaction and family function in mothers during the first year postpartum1
Investigating caregiver coaching in an early intervention model for children with hearing loss1
Research status and evolutionary trends on early childhood sports in China: a perspective of co-word analysis1
A review of Kohlberg’s theory and its applicability in the South African context through the lens of early childhood development and violence1
The relationship between theory of mind and peer acceptance in preschool children: a test of the counterfactual hypothesis in the social domain1
Emotion talk in parent–child conversations about past emotions in low-income families1
Children’s everyday manifestations of grief and grieving in early childhood education and care1
Caregiving dispositions as predictors of postpartum depression and mother-baby bonding: parental self-efficacy and marital satisfaction as resources1
The impact of the creative leadership qualities of preschool teachers on children’s motivation1
Variability in infant crawling with typical development and risk of developmental delay1
The dual role of nurses as mothers during the pandemic period: qualitative study1
Back-and-forth conversation during parent–child co-use of an educational app game1
Comparing speech acts and complexity of maternal speech to singleton and first-born dizygotic twin infants1
Needs and readiness to use tele-practice for identification and rehabilitation of children with hearing and speech-language disorders: perceptions of public sector care providers in South India1
The role of socioeconomic status gradients for the child's developmental health1
Sustaining curiosity: Reggio-Emilia inspired learning1
The relationship between children’s temperament and fundamental movement skills mediated by autonomy and self-regulation1
Father-infant synchrony and infant vagal tone as an index of emotion regulation: father-infant shared times in Switzerland as moderators1
An exploration of the relationship between schema and language: four young child case studies1
Sleep problems, sleep environment and daily routines in Turkish preschoolers1
Does attending center-based care prior to kindergarten improve Latino children’s academic readiness?1
The relationship between biophilia levels of preschoolers and social-emotional well-being and psychological resilience in the context of age and gender1
Socioeconomic status and caregiving sensitivity among Chinese childcare centre teachers: adaptive caregiving belief as a mediator and childcare centre type as a moderator1
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