Early Childhood Education Journal

Article	Citations
Missing Early Education and Care During the Pandemic: The Socio-Emotional Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Young Children	125
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education: Capturing the Unique Challenges Associated with Remote Teaching and Learning in K-2	77
Early Childhood Educators’ Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic	72
The Effects of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education and Care: Research and Resources for Children, Families, Teachers, and Teacher Educators	59
Preschool Education in Turkey During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study	54
Physical, Mental, and Financial Stress Impacts of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Educators	51
Neglected Elements of a High-Quality Early Childhood Workforce: Whole Teacher Well-Being and Working Conditions	51
Digital Technology Usage of Young Children: Screen Time and Families	48
Shifting to Remote Learning During COVID-19: Differences for Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education Teachers	47
“Doing What I can, but I got no Magic Wand:” A Snapshot of Early Childhood Educator Experiences and Efforts to Ensure Quality During the COVID-19 Pandemic	46
Distance Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey: Identifying the Needs of Early Childhood Educators	33
Can Pre-school Children Learn Programming and Coding Through Guided Play Activities? A Case Study in Computational Thinking	32
Job Demands and Resources Experienced by the Early Childhood Education Workforce Serving High-Need Populations	31
Rethinking Home-School Partnerships: Lessons Learned from Latinx Parents of Young Children During the COVID-19 Era	30
Early Childhood Teachers’ Self-efficacy and Professional Support Predict Work Engagement	29
Early Childhood Suspension and Expulsion: A Content Analysis of State Legislation	29
Impact of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Educator’s Perspectives and Practices in Nutrition and Physical Activity: A Qualitative Study	29
The Implications of COVID-19 for Early Childhood Education in Ethiopia: Perspectives from Parents and Caregivers	28
Classroom Play and Activities to Support Computational Thinking Development in Early Childhood	25
Preservice Teachers’ Online Teaching Experiences During COVID-19	23
Early Childhood Educators’ Perceptions of Their Emotional State, Relationships with Parents, Challenges, and Opportunities During the Early Stage of the Pandemic	22
Using Mindfulness-Based Interventions to Support Self-regulation in Young Children: A Review of the Literature	22
Exploring Early Childhood Teachers’ Beliefs About STEAM Education in Saudi Arabia	21
Parental Involvement in Children's Online Education During COVID-19; A Phenomenological Study in Saudi Arabia	21
Classroom Management Strategies for Hyflex Instruction: Setting Students Up for Success in the Hybrid Environment	19

The Impact of COVID-19 on Families’ Home Literacy Practices with Young Children	18
Communicating Digitally: Building Preschool Teacher-Parent Partnerships Via Digital Technologies During COVID-19	18
“Children Have the Fairest Things to Say”: Young Children’s Engagement with Anti-Bias Picture Books	18
Theories of Child Development and Their Impact on Early Childhood Education and Care	18
Occupational Commitment of Chinese Kindergarten Teachers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Predictions of Anti-Epidemic Action, Income Reduction, and Career Confidence	17
What Facilitates Kindergarten Teachers’ Intentions to Implement Play-Based Learning?	17
Pet Keeping in the Time of COVID-19: The Canine and Feline Companions of Young Children	17
“We Feel Connected… and Like We Belong”: A Parent-Led, Staff-Supported Model of Family Engagement in Early Childhood	17
Perspectives of Parents and Teachers on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children’s Socio-Emotional Well-Being	17
Initial Development of a National Survey on Remote Learning in Early Childhood During COVID-19: Establishing Content Validity and Reporting Successes and Barriers	16
Nurturing Kindergarteners’ Early STEM Academic Identity Through Makerspace Pedagogy	16
Trainee Teachers’ Perceptions of Online Teaching During Field Experience with Young Children	15
Exploring the Challenge of Teachers’ Emotional Labor in Early Childhood Settings	15
Efficacy of an Adaptive Game-Based Math Learning App to Support Personalized Learning and Improve Early Elementary School Students’ Learning	14
The Impact of Peer Interactions on Language Development Among Preschool English Language Learners: A Systematic Review	13
Uncovering Community Cultural Wealth Through an Early Intervention Program: Syrian Refugee Children Speaking	13
Collaboration of Child Protective Services and Early Childhood Educators: Enhancing the Well-Being of Children in Need	13
The Role of Teacher–Child Relationship Quality in Black and Latino Boys’ Positive Development	13
Mindfulness and Resilience as Mediators in the Relationship Between Job-Related Stress and Teacher–Child Interaction Among Early Childhood Educators	12
Music Uses in Preschool Classrooms in the U.S.: A Multiple-Methods Study	12
Children’s Behavioral Challenges in Head Start Classrooms: Links to Teacher Well-Being and Intent to Leave	12
Preliterate Young Children’s Reading Attitudes: Connections to the Home Literacy Environment and Maternal Factors	12
Preschoolers’ Approaches to Learning and Family-school Connections During COVID-19: An Empirical Study Based on a Wuhan Sample	12
Early Childhood Education During the COVID-19 Outbreak: The Perceived Changing Roles of Preschool Administrators, Teachers, and Parents	12
Pre-service Teachers Perspectives of Google Expedition	11
“You Can be Whatever You Want to be!”: Transforming Teacher Practices to Support Girls’ STEM Engagement	11
Best Practices for Preschool Music Education: Supporting Music-Making Throughout the Day	11
Family Engagement and Latine Children’s Early Narrative Skills	11
Promising Findings that the Cultivating Healthy Intentional Mindful Educators’ Program (CHIME) Strengthens Early Childhood Teachers’ Emotional Resources: An Iterative Study	11
Let’s Talk Play! Exploring the Possible Benefits of Play-Based Pedagogy on Language and Literacy Learning in Two Title I Kindergarten Classrooms	11
The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Programs on Psychological Distress and Burnout in Kindergarten Teachers: A Pilot Study	11
Training Early Childhood Educators to Promote Children's Physical Activity	11
Supporting School Readiness Through Librarian-Child Interactions in Public Library Storytimes: An Analysis of Assessment Scores and Influential Factors	10
Parental Perspectives on Storybook Reading in Indian Home Contexts	10
A Longitudinal Examination of Withholding All or Part of School Recess on Children’s Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: Evidence from a Natural Experiment	10
Starting with Parents: Investigating a Multi-Generational, Media-Enhanced Approach to Support Informal Science Learning for Young Children	10
Work Demands and Work Resources: Testing a Model of Factors Predicting Turnover Intentions in Early Childhood Education	10
Preschool Teachers’ Emotional Acting and School-Based Interactions	10
A Meta-synthesis of Caregivers’ Experiences Transitioning from Early Intervention to Early Childhood Special Education	10
Family-School Cooperation: An Online Survey of Parents and Teachers of Young Children in Spain	9
“We’re More Than a Daycare”: Reported Roles and Settings for Early Childhood Professionals and Implications for Professionalizing the Field	9
Expelled from Childcare: Suspension and Expulsion Practices in One State’s Community Childcare Centers	9
Early Childhood Education and Care in the Time of COVID-19: Introduction to a Special Issue of Early Childhood Education Journal	9
The Role of Early Care Providers in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education Systems	9
Parental Perspectives on Children’s School Readiness: An Ethnographic Study	9
Family Physical Activities Choice, Parental Views of Physical Activities, and Chinese Preschool Children’s Physical Fitness and Motor Development	9
Parents’ Perspectives of Family Engagement with Early Childhood Education and Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic	9
I Felt Like I was Going Crazy: Understanding Mother’s and Young Children’s Educational Experiences at Home During COVID-19	9
Understanding Caribbean Early Childhood Teachers’ Professional Experiences During the COVID-19 School Disruption	8
Inclusive Play-Based Learning: Approaches from Enacting Kindergarten Teachers	8

Making Partnerships Work: Proposing a Model to Support Parent-Practitioner Partnerships in the Early Years	8
Noticing and Naming Computational Thinking During Play	8
“I Need You to Show Me:” Coaching Early Childhood Professionals	8
“They’re Going to Forget About Their Mother Tongue”: Influence of Chinese Beliefs in Child Home Language and Literacy Development	8
Identifying the Needs of Prekindergarten Children: A Focus on Health, Wellbeing, and Family Environment	8
Mathematical Ability at a Very Young Age: The Contributions of Relationship Quality with Parents and Teachers via Children’s Language and Literacy Abilities	8
Challenges to Remote Instruction During the Pandemic: A Qualitative Study with Primary Grade Teachers in India	8
Learn to Do by Doing and Observing: Exploring Early Childhood Educators′ Personal Behaviours as a Mechanism for Developing Physical Literacy Among Preschool Aged Children	8
Drawing from and Expanding their Toolboxes: Preschool Teachers’ Traditional Strategies, Unconventional Opportunities, and Novel Challenges in Scaffolding Young Children’s Social and Emotional Learning	8
Maintaining Professional Standards in Early Childhood Teacher Preparation: Evaluating Adaptations to Fieldwork-Based Experiences During COVID-19	8
Young Children’s Nutrition During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: A Comparative Study	8
It Matters: Early Childhood Mental Health, Educator Stress, and Burnout	7
Building Inclusive, Multicultural Early Years Classrooms: Strategies for a Culturally Responsive Ethic of Care	7
Validation of a Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Outdoor Play Behavioral Intention and Perceived Behavioral Control Tool for Early Childhood Educators	7
Face Masks and Emotion Literacy in Preschool Children: Implications During the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Supporting Children’s Healthy Development During Mealtime in Early Childhood Settings	7
A Framework for Scientific Inquiry in Preschool	7
A Mixed-Methods Study of Early Childhood Education and Care in South Korea: Policies and Practices During COVID-19	7
Implementing Social-Emotional Learning in the Elementary Classroom	7
A Successful Kindergarten Transition for Children with Disabilities: Collaboration Throughout the Process	7
Investigating Young Children’s Social Interactions During Digital Play	7
Transition to Primary School of Children in Economic Disadvantage: Does a Preschool Teacher Training Program Make a Difference?	7
Partnering with Parents in Early Childhood Services: Raising and Responding to Concerns	7
Suspension and Expulsion: Early Educators’ Perspectives	6
Understanding and Awareness of Physical Literacy by Early Childhood Educators in Hong Kong – a Mixed-Methods Study	6
Developing Children's Literacy Learning Through Skillful Parent–Child Shared Book Readings	6
Getting to Know Young Children: Alternative Assessments in Early Childhood Education	6
Oral Language and Emergent Literacy Strategies Used by Australian Early Childhood Teachers During Shared Book Reading	6
Picturebooks for Social Justice: Creating a Classroom Community Grounded in Identity, Diversity, Justice, and Action	6
Bullying and Victimization in Chinese Affordable Kindergartens: A Latent Profile Analysis	6
Play Preferences of Preschoolers According to the Design of Outdoor Play Areas	6
Religiously Diverse Multicultural Literature for Early Childhood	6
From Full Day Learning to 30 Minutes a Day: A Descriptive Study of Early Learning During the First COVID-19 Pandemic School Shutdown in Ontario	6
The Association Between Work as a Calling and Turnover Among Early Childhood Education Professionals	5
Collegial Learning and Digital Literacy Education in a Swedish Preschool	5
Siblings and Interventions: How Siblings Influence Development and Why Practitioners Should Consider Including Them in Interventions	5
Evaluation of the Feasibility and Perceived Value of Integrating Learn the Signs. Act Early. Developmental Monitoring Resources in Early Head Start	5
The Impact of Texas HIPPY on School Readiness and Academic Achievement: Optimal Full Propensity Score Analysis Approach	5
“Maybe we do more Science than I had Initially Thought”: How Parental Efficacy Affects Preschool-Aged Children’s Science and Math Activities and Media Use	5
The Language We Use: Providers’ Perceptions About Families	5
Fostering Play Through Virtual Teaching: Challenges, Barriers, and Strategies	5
Exploring Early Childhood Educators’ Perceptions and Practices Towards Gender Differences in STEM Play: A Multiple-Case Study in China	5
Latina Mothers’ Cultural Experiences, Beliefs, and Attitudes May Influence Children’s Math Learning	5
Classroom Location, Activity Type, and Physical Activity During Preschool Children's Indoor Free-Play	5
Engaging in Interactive Book Reading: Experiences of Refugee Mother–Child Dyads	5
An Opportunity for Our Little Ones: Findings from an Evaluation of an Aboriginal Early Childhood Learning Centre in Central Australia	5
The Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation of a Caregiver-Implemented Naturalistic Communication Intervention	5
Peer Aggression and Victimisation: Social Behaviour Strategies in Early Childhood in Spain	5
Kindergarten Teachers’ Ratings of Children’s Behavioral and Learning Competencies: Predictive Impact on Children’s Third and Fourth Grade Achievement Trajectories	5
The Portrayal of Characters with Dyslexia in Children’s Picture Books	5
Promoting Head Start Dual Language Learners’ Social and Emotional Development Through Creative Drama	5
Parent and Teacher Perceptions of the Parent–Teacher Relationship and Child Self-regulation in Preschool: Variations by Child Race	5
Trauma: Early Childhood Special Education Teachers’ Attitudes and Experiences	5
Shared Picturebook Reading in a Preschool Class: Promoting Narrative Comprehension Through Inferential Talk and Text Difficulty	4
Pre-K and Kindergarten Teacher Perception of School Readiness During the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
Preschool Children’s Learning Opportunities Using Natural Numbers in Number Row Activities	4
Family Perceptions of Participating in a Structured Summer Kindergarten Transition Program	4
Leadership Styles in Childcare Directors	4
A Framework for Promoting Access, Increasing Participation, and Providing Support in Early Childhood Classrooms	4
Effect of Problem Behaviors on Early Literacy Skills: A Malaysian Experience	4
“That’s a Big Bad Wolf!”: Learning through Teacher-Child Talk During Shared Reading of a Story Book App	4
Finding Space for Infants and Toddlers in Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Programs	4
Transforming Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Care and Education During COVID-19 in a Poor Community of the Cape Flats, South Africa	4
The Teaching of Numbers in Common Preschool Activities: A Delicate Balancing Act	4
‘Staying Afloat’: A Mixed Methods Study of the Financial and Psychological Well-being of Early Childhood Educators	4
Why Don’t Japanese Early Childhood Educators Intervene in Children’s Physical Fights? Some Characteristics of the Mimamoru Approach	4
Infusing Physical Activity into Early Childhood Classrooms: Guidance for Best Practices	4
Teaching Early Writing: Supporting Early Writers from Preschool to Elementary School	4
Teachers’ and Children’s Differing Views on Relationships and Their Associations with Academic Outcomes	4
Exploring the Perspectives of Preschool Teachers on Implementing Structured Motor Programs in Inclusive Classrooms	4
An Environmental Scan of Existing Canadian Childcare Resources Targeting Improvements in Health Behaviours	4
A “Library School:” Building a Collaborative Preschool-Library Partnership to Support Whole Family Engagement	4
Early Childhood Teachers’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Their Elementary School’s Approach to Social Emotional Learning: A Mixed Methods Study	4
“Could that be Play?”: Exploring Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of Play in Kindergarten	4
Head Start Teacher Perceptions on Organizational Support of Adult–Child Interactions	3
Engagement in Early Childhood: Considering Conceptual Clutter and Existing Measures	3
Data Use for Continuous Instructional Improvement in Early Childhood Education Settings	3
Exploring Predictors for New Kindergarten Teachers’ (NKTs’) Integration in the Workplace	3
Picturebooks About Disasters: Incorporating Interactive Read-Alouds to Support Young Children’s Social-Emotional Learning	3
Distance Learning in Early Childhood During the COVID-19 Crisis: Family and Educators’ Experiences	3

“Treat Them Like Human Beings”: Black Children’s Experiences with Racial Microaggressions in Early Childhood Education During COVID-19	3
Evaluation of a 12-Week Classroom-Based Gross Motor Program Designed to Enhance Motor Proficiency, Mathematics and Reading Outcomes of Year 1 School Children: A Pilot Study	3
Family Experiences, Parenting Behaviors, and Infants’ and Toddlers’ Social-Emotional Skills	3
Complex Texts or Leveled Readers for the Primary Grades? Yes and Yes!	3
Early Childhood Education Teacher Workforce: Stress in Relation to Identity and Choices	3
Latino Mothers’ Responsiveness and Bilingual Language Development in Young Children from 24 to 36 Months	3
Teachers’ and Parents’ Perspectives on the Feasibility of a Preschool-Based Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Obesity: An Embedded Qualitative Study within ToyBox Study Malaysia	3
Using “Learn the Signs. Act Early” to Influence the Caregiver and Educator Relationship and Increase Collaboration of Developmental Monitoring in Early Head Start Settings	3
Preservice Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Inclusion in Early Childhood Classrooms: A Review of the Literature	3
Animal-Assisted Counseling for Young Children: Evidence Base, Best Practices, and Future Prospects	3
Expulsion from Community Childcare Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of One State’s Practices	3
Early Childhood Teachers’ Perceptions of Physical Activity: A Scoping Review	3
Examining First-Graders’ Developing Understanding of Place Value via Base-Ten Virtual Manipulatives	3
Strengthening Early Childhood Education and Care in a “Childcare Desert”	3
Supporting Parents as their Child’s First Teacher: Aboriginal Parents’ Perceptions of KindiLink	3
The Effect of a Teacher-Guided and -Led Indoor Preschool Physical Activity Intervention: A Feasibility Study	3
Designing and Implementing a Family Literacy Program Through Smartphones: How Does Recruitment Method Influence Uptake and Attrition?	3
Second Grade Students’ Perspectives of Their Classrooms’ Physical Learning Environment: A Multiple Case Study	3
The Transfer Effect of Vocabulary and Morphological Awareness Intervention on Narrative Ability in Kindergarteners	3
Creating Meaningful Interactions for Young Children, Older Friends, and Nursery School Practitioners within an Intergenerational Project	3
Mixed Understandings: A Case Study of How a Sample of Preschool Stakeholders Made Sense of the Changed Kindergarten	3
Teaching Teams: The Roles of Lead Teachers, Teaching Assistants, and Curriculum Demand in Pre-kindergarten Instruction	3
Navigating Educational Success for Their Young Children in the United States: Refugee Families Draw from Their Experiences	3
Fostering Racial Literacy in Early Childhood Contexts	3
The Struggle is Real: An Investigation of Preschool Teachers’ Perceptions of Students’ Challenging Behaviors Through Reflective Writing	3
Understanding Hong Kong Pre-primary School Teachers’ Curriculum Beliefs: A Modified Version of the Curriculum Orientation Inventory	3
Co-Viewing Mass Media to Support Children and Parents’ Emotional ABCs: An Evaluation of Ahlan Simsim	3
The Mimamoru Approach in Contemporary Japanese Parenting Magazines: Strategies for Disciplining Young Children	3
RETRACTED ARTICLE: The Relation between Home Environment and Each Domain of Executive Function Skills of Children	3
Phonics-Based Instruction and Improvement in Foundational Reading Skills of Kindergartners in the Indian Schooling Context	3
Adoption of Pedagogical Documentation in Finnish ECEC Settings	3
Inhibitory Control, Student–Teacher Relationships, and Expulsion Risk in Preschools: An Indirect Effects Path Analysis	3
A Scoping Review of Quality in Early Childhood Publicly-Funded Programs	3
Examining Teachers’ Use of Dialogic Reading Strategies Following A Multiple Component Professional Development Intervention	3
Head Start Children’s Moral Reasoning Predicts Aggressive Forms and Functions	3
Safety Education for Children Cannot Stop for a Pandemic: Transitioning an Injury Prevention Program to a Virtual Format	3
Early Childhood Administrator Perspectives About Preschool Inclusion: A Qualitative Interview Study	3
The Practical Journal Article: Writing to Be Read by Professionals in the Field	3
Exploring the Experiences of Preschool Teachers Working with Children Living with Parental Mental Illness	3
Stories 'with the Characters Reversed': Children's Opinions of Feminist Children's Stories in Early Education	3
Developing the Emergent Literacy Skills of English Language Learners Through Dialogic Reading: A Systematic Review	3