TY - BOOK AU - Switzer,Henry AU - Foulke,Dwayne TI - Kindergartens: teaching methods, expectations and current challenges T2 - Education in a competitive and globalizing world SN - 978-1-62417-786-6 U1 - 372 23E PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Nova Publishers KW - Kindergarten KW - Education, Primary N1 - Notes bibliogr; Designing educational material for early childhood mathematics education / Chrysanthi Skoumpourdi -- Additive bilingualism of immigrant children: introducing a multisensory project in kindergarten / Eleni Griva, Dora Chostelidou, and others -- Evolution of graphomotor parameters in kindergarten's handwriting / Olga Soler-Vilageliu, Melina Aparici-Aznar, Judit Mate-Castellà, Yago Ramis-Laloux, Cristina Sotoca-Lasheras -- Foundational skills: multisensory handwriting curriculum can enhance kindergarten student skills / Denise Donica -- Family environment as a predictor of behavioral competencies in the early elementary years / Wendy Peia Oakes, Kathleen Lynne Lane, Ashley E. Magrane, Holly Mariah Menzies, Joseph Wehby -- Evaluation of a tactile training for handwriting acquisition in French kindergarten children: a pilot study / Caroline Jolly, Richard Palluel-Germain, Edouard Gentaz -- Assessing personality traits in the young child for individualized planning for social-emotional skills in the kindergarten classroom / Cathy L. Grist -- An exploration of meaning in young children's images and designs / Cathleen S. Soundy, Yoon H. Lee -- First aid training in the kindergarten: a review of the literature and reflections from practical experience in two countries / G. Bollig, A.G. Myklebust, Østringen, A. Bollig -- Thermal comfort and air quality in occupied ventilated kindergarten spaces / Eusébio Z.E. Conceição ER -