An increasing number of jurisdictions are following the research and committing to a two-year kindergarten experience for four- and five-year-old children in a play-based curriculum.
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Ten Reasons to Expand Public Kindergarten
Dix raisons d’étendre l’accès à la maternelle publique
De plus en plus de juridictions suivent les recommandations issues de la recherche et s'engagent à offrir aux enfants de quatre et cinq ans une expérience de deux ans en maternelle, dans le cadre d'un programme basé sur le jeu.
The Rationale for Expanding Public Education to Include Preschool-Aged Children (2019)
We all want our children to have the best chance at a good life. Fifty years of research shows participation in a high-quality preschool program benefits children’s development and reduces gaps at school entry.
Quality Early Learning Lowers Special Education Enrolment (2019)
If a formula existed for giving children something that reduced the need for, or intensity of, later special education that can be both emotionally and financially costly, wouldn’t it be excellent?
Full Report on Lowering Special Education (2019)
The Preemptive Nature of Quality Early Child Education on Special Educational Needs in Children
Given the growth of scholarship in ECE as well as the rapid emergence of the sector as an area of academic inquiry, a team of special education/mental health scholars opted to explore its preemptive nature.
A significant part of the solution to early learning and child care resides in our schools by offering universal pre-kindergarden for 4-year-olds as an extension of public education.