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Parents’ approaches to numeracy support: what parents do is rarely what they think is most important

Frontiers in Education, 2023
The math children are exposed to at home is a crucial source of early math knowledge, but little is known about parents’ general approaches for supporting their children’s math development at home.
Camille Msall, Ashli-Ann Douglas, Bethany Rittle-Johnson   +2 more
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Cumulative and Differential Effects of Early Child Care and Middle Childhood Out-of-School Time on Adolescent Functioning. [PDF]

, 2020
Effects associated with early child care and out-of-school time (OST) during middle childhood were examined in a large sample of U.S. adolescents (N = 958).
Achenbach T. M., Afterschool Alliance, Auger A., Bradley R. H., Bronfenbrenner U., Capizzano J., Carver P. R., Costa P., Dunn L. M., Elder G. H., Erikson E. H., Gresham F. M., Laughlin L., Laughlin L., NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, Woodcock R. W.   +15 more
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“We Don’t Have Things for Counting”: An Exploration of Early Numeracy Skills and Home Learning Experiences of Children Growing up in Poverty in South Africa

Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2023
A child’s home environment has been shown to be related to the development of early numeracy skills in some countries. However, significant relationships between home learning environment and math achievement have not consistently been found, and likely ...
Rebecca Merkley, Elizabeth Sernoskie, Caylee J. Cook, Steven J. Howard, Hleliwe Makaula, Mbulelo Mshudulu, Nosibusiso Tshetu, Catherine E. Draper, Gaia Scerif   +8 more
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Construct-Specific and Timing-Specific Aspects of the Home Environment for Children’s School Readiness

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
Prior evidence supports that the home environment is related to children’s development of school readiness skills. However, it remains unclear how construct- and timing-specific aspects of the home environment are related to children’s school readiness ...
Yemimah A. King, Robert J. Duncan, German Posada, David J. Purpura   +3 more
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Socioeconomic status, home mathematics environment and math achievement in kindergarten: A mediation analysis

Developmental Science, 2021
AbstractGrowing evidence suggests that parents’ practices contribute to their children's cognitive development and that such practices may reflect SES disparities. This study investigated longitudinal interrelations between home mathematics environment (HME), children's math achievement, and two facets of SES (mother's educational attainment and ...
David Muñez, Rebecca Bull, Kerry Lee
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Individual Differences in Parental Support for Numeracy and Literacy in Early Childhood

Education Sciences, 2021
Past research has examined parental support for children’s math and reading skills in the early years through parents’ reports of their activities with their children in somewhat inconsistent ways.
Leanne Elliott, Peter Zheng, Melissa Libertus   +2 more
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Relations between the Home Learning Environment and the Literacy and Mathematics Skills of Eight-Year-Old Canadian Children

Education Sciences, 2022
The home learning environment includes parental activities, attitudes, affect, knowledge, and resources devoted to supporting children’s development, including literacy and mathematics skills.
Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk, Heather Douglas, Abbie Cahoon, Jo-Anne LeFevre, Chang Xu, Emilie Roy, Victoria Simms, Judith Wylie, Erin A. Maloney, Helena P. Osana, María Inés Susperreguy   +10 more
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Extending an Effective Classroom-Based Math Board Game Intervention to Preschoolers’ Homes [PDF]

, 2017
The preschool years are a critical time for math development. Unfortunately, children from low-income backgrounds often enter kindergarten with lower math skills than middle-income peers, perhaps due to less math exposure at home.
Dowling, Rebecca, Gay, Brittany, Metzger, Shari R, Simons, Cassandra L, Sonnenschein, Susan   +4 more
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The relation between home numeracy practices and a variety of math skills in elementary school children.

PLoS ONE, 2021
A growing number of studies suggest that the frequency of numeracy experiences that parents provide at home may relate to children's mathematical development.
Cléa Girard, Thomas Bastelica, Jessica Léone, Justine Epinat-Duclos, Léa Longo, Jérôme Prado   +5 more
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Balance Therapy With Hands-Free Mobile Robotic Feedback for At-Home Training Across the Lifespan

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2022
Providing aging adults with engaging, at-home balance therapy is essential to promote long-term adherence to unsupervised training and to foster independence.
Ava D. Segal, Peter G. Adamczyk, Andrew J. Petruska, Anne K. Silverman   +3 more
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