Early Childhood Education Journal

Papers
(The TQCC of Early Childhood Education Journal is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Exploring Current State Writing Evaluation Rubrics for Early Grades134
The Effect of a Teacher-Guided and -Led Indoor Preschool Physical Activity Intervention: A Feasibility Study93
Examining the Relationships Between Kindergarteners’ Demographic Characteristics and Behavior Problems Across Geographic Locale89
From Telling to Crafting: An Analysis of Peer Review Feedback and Revision Processes of Emerging Scholars Writing for Publication67
Culturally Responsive Teaching Efficacy of Teachers at Inclusive Preschools in Taiwan63
Caring for the Carers: The Intersection of Care and Mindful Self-compassion in Early Childhood Teaching59
Training Early Childhood Educators to Promote Children's Physical Activity52
The Jigsaw Puzzle Performance of Preschoolers and Its Relationship with Inhibitory Control49
Effects of Early Childhood Teacher Knowledge and Feedback on Children’s Early Mathematical Development in German Kindergartens46
How the Co-Inquiry Model Supports Multimodal Literacies in Early Learning Settings: A Case Study of Two Child Care Centres in Western Canada37
Young Children’s Nutrition During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: A Comparative Study36
Preschool Teacher Demand in China by 2050: A Prediction Analysis of the Impact of Negative Population Growth36
Distance Learning in Early Childhood During the COVID-19 Crisis: Family and Educators’ Experiences36
Young Children’s Experience in Unplugged Activities About Computational Thinking: From an Embodied Cognition Perspective36
Examining Coaching Skill Development During Preservice Teachers’ (PSTs) Internships33
Parental Involvement in Children's Online Education During COVID-19; A Phenomenological Study in Saudi Arabia30
Trauma: Early Childhood Special Education Teachers’ Attitudes and Experiences30
Using Games and Activities to Increase Inhibitory Control Skills in Kindergarten-aged Children25
Exploring Parents’ Utterances During Free Play in Hong Kong: The Associations with Language Complexity and Lexical Diversity25
Home Literacy and Mathematics in Bulgaria, Israel, Spain, and the U.S.: How Do Preschool Parents Socialize Academic Readiness?25
The BabyTok Project: Examining the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Light-Touch Social Media Project for Infant–Toddler Teachers25
Examining Preschool Educators’ Beliefs About Authentic Early Writing Experiences24
Correction: Teacher-child talk in Shared-book Reading with Preschoolers: Linkages between Teacher Questioning and Child Responsiveness24
Teacher Burnout, Student-Teacher Relational Closeness, and the Moderating Effect of Work Stress Focused Supervision23
Changes in Stress Following Wage Increases for Early Childhood Educators22
Preschool Children’s Agency in Play-activities with Science Content22
Pentagon or “Five-Angle Shape”? Exploring the Effects of Shape Names on Young Children’s Geometric Shape Knowledge20
“What we have done is baking together”: Asian Immigrant Parents’ Perspectives and Experiences Regarding Children’s Mental Health Related to Online Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic20
Distance Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey: Identifying the Needs of Early Childhood Educators19
Adoption of Pedagogical Documentation in Finnish ECEC Settings19
Exploring Parental Perceptions of Early Childhood Education Among Spanish-Speaking Latinx Families18
Preschool Teachers’ Perceptions of Children’s Learning: Above and Beyond the Impact of Semi-Structured, Inclusive Motor Play Activities17
Assessment of Parent–Teacher Relationships in Early Childhood Education Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic17
Effects of a Video Feedback Intervention on Sensitivity in Early Childhood Teachers in Chile16
Revisioning Fairness as Social Justice in Early Childhood Education16
Effect of Problem Behaviors on Early Literacy Skills: A Malaysian Experience15
Face Masks and Emotion Literacy in Preschool Children: Implications During the COVID-19 Pandemic15
Process Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia: A Systematic Literature Review15
Improving Teacher Health and Well-Being: Mixed Methods Outcomes Evaluation of the Be Well Care Well Program15
Supporting Social Play of Preschoolers With and Without Autism: A Collaborative Approach for Special Educators and Speech Language Pathologists14
Fostering Play in the COVID Crisis: Insights from Infant-Toddler Teachers14
An Integrated Approach to Social and Emotional Teaching (SET): A Qualitative Study of the Beliefs and Practices of Preschool Teachers in the United States13
Exploring the Characteristics of Self-Drawings Produced by Taiwanese and South Korean Children13
Shared Picturebook Reading in a Preschool Class: Promoting Narrative Comprehension Through Inferential Talk and Text Difficulty13
Learning Together Through Shared Book Reading: Experiences of Burmese Refugee Mothers and Their Preschoolers12
Links between Duration of Early Childhood Education Participation and School Readiness Domains: A Study with Malaysian Public Preschool Children12
The Effect of Emotional Labour on Job Dedication Among Early Childhood Teachers in the UAE: The Mediating Role of Teaching Self-Efficacy12
Math on the Brain: Seven Principles from Neuroscience for Early Childhood Educators12
Preschool Engineering Play on Nature Playscapes12
Mathematical Ability at a Very Young Age: The Contributions of Relationship Quality with Parents and Teachers via Children’s Language and Literacy Abilities11
Understanding Canine-Assisted Literacy Programs: A Multiple Case Study11
Promising Findings that the Cultivating Healthy Intentional Mindful Educators’ Program (CHIME) Strengthens Early Childhood Teachers’ Emotional Resources: An Iterative Study11
Wishful LINKing: Authentic Environmental Measures Aligned with Programmatic Purposes11
A Systematic Review of Parents’ Experiences during their Child’s Transition to School11
Phonics-Based Instruction and Improvement in Foundational Reading Skills of Kindergartners in the Indian Schooling Context10
Prevalence of Number, Number Relations, and Number Operations Indicators in State Early Learning Standards10
Early Head Start Teachers’ Perception of Coaching Experiences10
A Convergent Mixed Methods Study to Explore Physical Activity Among Teachers and Children During the Preschool Day10
Chinese Kindergarten Teachers’ Proactive Agency in Job Crafting: A Multiple Case Study in Shanghai10
The Effect of Interactive Picturebook Reading on Problem-Solving Skills in Preschool: A Quasi-Experiment10
Exploring Primary Grades Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Students’ Mathematics Self-Efficacy and How They Differentiate Instruction10
Oopses on the Page: A Content Analysis of Children’s Picturebooks Featuring Mistakes9
“Essential One Day and Forgotten the Next”: Perceptions of Ohio’s Early Childhood Workforce on Their Exclusion from the Educator Phase of COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution9
Additive Effect, Feasibility, and Cost-Effectiveness of Family Engagement Activities that Supplement Dual Language Preschool Instruction9
The Effect of a Physically Active Academic Intervention on the Physical Fitness and Mathematical Performance of Grade 1 Learners in Cape Town, South Africa9
Examining Kindergarten Children’s Numerosity Estimation Skills9
Infusing Physical Activity into Early Childhood Classrooms: Guidance for Best Practices9
Enhancing Swedish Toddlers’ Learning Opportunities Through Interactions with Pictures and Narrative Designed for Numerical Learning Purposes9
School Readiness Beliefs: Comparing Priorities of Early Childhood Teachers and Immigrant Latine and Chinese Parents9
Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? Not Necessarily, for the Phonological Awareness of Young Children9
Developing Young Children’s Physical Literacy Through Picturebooks8
Preschool Teachers’ Knowledge, Understanding, and Beliefs Regarding Children with Speech Sound Disorders and Inclusion in the General Education Setting8
Investigating Informational Text Read-alouds in Greek Kindergarten Classrooms: Differences According to Text Structures8
Dictating and Acting Out Stories: A Pathway to Writing for Preschoolers8
“Children Have the Fairest Things to Say”: Young Children’s Engagement with Anti-Bias Picture Books8
Learning the Rules: Chinese Immigrant Parents’ Involvement During Their Children’s Transition to Kindergarten8
Read with Me, I will Learn Words: Effects of an Interactive Book Reading Intervention on First Graders’ Expressive Target Vocabulary8
The Ready to Learn Through Relationships (RLR) Program: Development, Feasibility, and Acceptability8
‘I Can Kind of Flow How I Want to Flow’: Motivations and Perceived Contrasts of Providing Care in Home-Based Settings8
Correction: Empowering Young Writers: A Multimodal Case Study of Emergent Writing in Urban Preschool Classrooms8
Shifting to Remote Learning During COVID-19: Differences for Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education Teachers8
A Social Turn-Taking, Parent Mediated Learning Intervention for a Young Child with Autism: Findings of a Pilot Telehealth Study8
A Qualitative Exploration of Early Childhood Educators’ Declared Practices when Supporting Preschoolers’ Oral Language Development8
The Well-Being of Early Childhood Providers in Ireland8
Exploring an Ethic of Care as a Way to Enhance Agency in Early Childhood8
An Examination of Suspension & Expulsion in Community Childcare Centers Two Years into the COVID-19 Pandemic8
Asset-Based Computational Thinking in Early Childhood Classrooms: Centering Students’ Expertise in a Community of Learners8
With-In Child Protective Factors Among Rural Head Start Children8
The Reading Builds Empathy Pilot Survey: Picturebooks for Empathy Development7
Music Uses in Preschool Classrooms in the U.S.: A Multiple-Methods Study7
Cross Cultural Caregiver Perceptions of Challenging Behaviors and Responses7
Comparing Full-Day and Half-Day Kindergarten Then and Now: What Data from Two ECLS-K Cohorts Reveal About Changes in Demographics and Child Outcomes7
‘I Can Create and Eat it for Snack’: How Can Cooking Activities Support Early Math Learning?7
A Successful Kindergarten Transition for Children with Disabilities: Collaboration Throughout the Process7
Who Gets to Decide? A Case Study Exploring Tennessee’s Early Childhood Literacy Initiatives7
Exploring Predictors for New Kindergarten Teachers’ (NKTs’) Integration in the Workplace7
Early Childhood Intervention under the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme: Characteristics and Recruitment Practices of Service Providers6
The Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation of a Caregiver-Implemented Naturalistic Communication Intervention6
Adding the Tswana in Botswana: Writing Culturally Sustaining Informational Texts6
Preschool Teachers’ Experiences of Using Projected Images and Videos in Attempted Play-responsive Science Teaching6
Early Childhood Science Teachers’ Epistemic Orientations: A Foundation for Enacting Relational Care Through Dialogue6
Strengthening Early Childhood Education and Care in a “Childcare Desert”6
Preparation of Early Childhood Special Education Personnel: Alignment with Personnel Preparation Guidance6
Teaching Financial Literacy in Early Childhood Classrooms6
STEAM in Early Childhood: An Analysis Towards Teachers’ and Children’s Perspectives5
Transcending Translation: A Qualitative Case Study of Chinese Teachers’ Translanguaging Practices in Supporting Chinese Children and Families in the United States5
Understanding the Intersection of Early-Childhood Education and Social Factors that May Contribute to the Preschool-to-Prison Pipeline5
The Effect of Growing Up WILD™ Training on Early Childhood Professionals’ Beliefs, Attitudes, and Intentions Toward Outdoor Education5
Parental Ethnotheories of Child Play: The Discrepant Perspectives and Practices Among Chinese Parents5
I Felt Like I was Going Crazy: Understanding Mother’s and Young Children’s Educational Experiences at Home During COVID-195
Correction: Impact of an EFL Digital Application on Learning, Satisfaction, and Persistence in Elementary School Children5
Dyadic Examination of Children’s Emotion Regulation in Family Context: Contributions of Coparenting and Parents’ Self-Compassion5
Teaching Early Writing: Supporting Early Writers from Preschool to Elementary School5
Correction: Children’s Concepts of the Environment: An Opportunity for Environmental Education as a Tool for Sustainability in Botswana Preschools5
The Association Between Early Childhood Teachers’ Metacognitive Awareness and Science Teaching Efficacy in Head Start Settings5
The Language We Use: Providers’ Perceptions About Families5
Children’s Literature as a Channel for Social-Emotional Learning: Reading Israeli Children’s Literature Written in Arabic and Hebrew5
Teacher-child talk in Shared-book Reading with Preschoolers: Linkages between Teacher Questioning and Child Responsiveness5
Missing Early Education and Care During the Pandemic: The Socio-Emotional Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Young Children5
Teacher Use of Digital Stories to Promote Reflective Practice Supportive of Migrant and Refugee Children’s Sense of Belonging5
Early Mathematics Instruction and Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs: A Mixed-Methods Investigation5
Shared Reading and Science Vocabulary for Kindergarten Students5
Practitioner and Director Perceptions, Beliefs, and Practices Related to STEM and Inclusion in Early Childhood5
Early Childhood Teachers’ Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Teachers from Pakistan and the US5
Correction: Fostering Play in the COVID Crisis: Insights from Infant-Toddler Teachers5
Early Childhood Education During the COVID-19 Outbreak: The Perceived Changing Roles of Preschool Administrators, Teachers, and Parents5
An Evaluation of the MoSAIC Training for Early Childhood Educators in New Zealand4
Maternal Perceptions of Paternal Coparenting in Chinese Migrant-Child Families: A Qualitative Study4
Building a Territory of Peace: Young Children Engage in Research for Transformation4
Exploring the Impact of Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) through Children’s Literature4
Early Childhood Teachers’ Perceptions of Physical Activity: A Scoping Review4
Supporting Children Through Grief: A Content Analysis of Picturebooks About Death4
Teacher Motivational Scaffolding and Preschoolers’ Motivational Triggers in the Context of Playful Learning of Multiliteracy and Digital Skills4
Can Pre-school Children Learn Programming and Coding Through Guided Play Activities? A Case Study in Computational Thinking4
Implementing Social-Emotional Learning in the Elementary Classroom4
Are They Ready for Sustainability? A Study of the Environmental Attitudes of Early Childhood In-Service Teachers4
The Implications of COVID-19 for Early Childhood Education in Ethiopia: Perspectives from Parents and Caregivers4
Early Childhood Teachers’ Self-efficacy and Professional Support Predict Work Engagement4
Is Confidence in Mathematics Pedagogy Enough? Exploring Early Childhood Teachers’ Mathematics Beliefs and Confidence4
Dinosaurs, Mushrooms, and Geometric Forms - Conversations with Young Children About Natural Science and Mathematics4
The Association Between Early Childhood Education Professionals’ Perception of Workplace Spirituality and Their Intention to Stay in Their Current Program4
What Do Teachers Do When Preschoolers “Misbehave”? Family Matters4
Context Matters: Factors that Influence Storytime Providers’ Knowledge, Beliefs, and Self-Efficacy4
Parental Beliefs and Knowledge About Dual Language Learning and Education (KnDLLE) Predict Children’s Spanish and English Experiences at Home4
The Impact of COVID-19 on Families’ Home Literacy Practices with Young Children4
Development and Validation of the Children’s STEM Habits of Mind Questionnaire4
Why Don’t Japanese Early Childhood Educators Intervene in Children’s Physical Fights? Some Characteristics of the Mimamoru Approach4
What Happened During Teacher Visits? A Closer Look at the Parent Engagement Effort of the HighScope Perry Preschool Project4
Look to Laboratory Schools for Innovation and Leadership4
Cause for Concern? The Relationship Between Language Skills in Toddlers and Later Reading Skills in School4
Promoting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in the Early Care and Education Setting as a Strategy to Improve Teacher Knowledge and Self-Efficacy4
Teacher-child Discourse in Vietnamese Preschool Classrooms: An Exploratory Case Study of Teachers’ Questions and Statements in the Planned Science Activity4
Understanding the Development of Professional Identity in Chinese Preservice Preschool Teachers: A Longitudinal Study4
Suspension and Expulsion: Early Educators’ Perspectives4
‘Staying Afloat’: A Mixed Methods Study of the Financial and Psychological Well-being of Early Childhood Educators4
Navigating Digital Childhoods: An Investigation of Preschoolers’ YouTube Engagement3
Stereo-atypical: An Investigation into the Explicit and Implicit Gender Stereotypes in Primary School-Aged Children3
Of Ladles and Laptops: Exploring Preschool Children’s Digital Play3
A Comparison of Emotion-Focused Teaching in and Outside of Planned Social–Emotional Learning Activities3
Early Childhood Education Teacher Well-Being: Performativity as a Means of Coping3
Tablet Computers in Early Science Education: Enriching Teacher–Child Interactions3
A Mixed Methods Study of the Relationship Between Individualized Lesson Planning and Social-Emotional Outcomes in Young Children3
Through Their Cultural Lens: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Mexican Immigrant Families’ Experiences with the Transition to School3
A Mixed-Methods Study of Early Childhood Education and Care in South Korea: Policies and Practices During COVID-193
Globally Minded Preschoolers: Playful Investigation of the Interdependence Between Self, Others, and Society3
An Investigation of English Children’s Literature in Pakistani Schools (PreK—Grade 3)3
Correction to: The Importance of Embodiment and Agency in Parents’ Positive Attitudes Towards Shared Reading with Their Children3
Screen Time Policy in Alberta Childcare Centres3
The Other Side: Preschool Children’s Experience of a Read-Aloud Focused on Social Justice3
A Scoping Review on the Use and Potential of School-Based Drama Therapy to Enhance Socio-emotional Skills in Early Childhood3
A Review of the Cognitive and Social-Emotional Correlates of Multilingualism: Implications for Multi-Language Learning Motivation3
Engagement in Early Childhood: Considering Conceptual Clutter and Existing Measures3
Assessing Generalization During Professional Development in Child Care: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial3
“Could that be Play?”: Exploring Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of Play in Kindergarten3
The Mimamoru Approach in Contemporary Japanese Parenting Magazines: Strategies for Disciplining Young Children3
Association Between Teacher Depressive Symptoms and Rural Children’s Cognitive Outcomes: Indirect Relations with Early Care and Education Quality3
When Seeing is Believing: A Framework for Reflective Conversations in Remote and Face-to-Face Coaching Approaches3
Validation of a Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Outdoor Play Behavioral Intention and Perceived Behavioral Control Tool for Early Childhood Educators3
Design-Based Research in Early Childhood Education: A Scoping Review of Methodologies3
Communicating Climate Change Risk to Children: A Thematic Analysis of Children’s Literature3
Strategies for Successful Dental Visits for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder3
Child Care Centers Licensing Standards in the United States from 1981 to 20233
Supporting Inclusion in Early Childhood Through Itinerant Service Delivery: A Systematic Literature Review3
‘The Kids. That’s My Number One Motivator’: Understanding Teachers’ Motivators and Challenges to Working in Early Childhood Education3
Mapping Children’s Actions in the Scaffolding Process Using Interactive Whiteboard3
Prekindergarten Teachers’ Perspectives on Classroom Environments and Barriers to Optimal Learning Spaces3
Expulsion from Community Childcare Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of One State’s Practices3
Design-Based Digital Story Program: Enhancing Coding and Computational Thinking Skills in Early Childhood Education3
The Good that’s Within You: A Case Study of Early Childhood Curriculum Practice3
The Impact of Family Resilience in Promoting School Readiness for Children with Adverse Childhood Experiences3
Co-Viewing Mass Media to Support Children and Parents’ Emotional ABCs: An Evaluation of Ahlan Simsim3
Engaging Young Children in STEAM Learning: An Inquiry Planning Guide for Early Educators3
Engaging Young Children with Science Concepts in a Community-Based Book Distribution and Animal-Themed Literacy Intervention Program3
Bilingual Students’ Meaning-Making Strategies When Exploring Wordless Picturebooks in Interactive Shared Reading3
Early Childhood Teachers’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Their Elementary School’s Approach to Social Emotional Learning: A Mixed Methods Study3
A Case for Humane Education for Children in India: Historical Roots and Contemporary Needs3
Developing Emotional Intelligence in Children Through Dialogic Reading, Self-made Books, and Visible Thinking Routines3
Literacy in Montessori Schools: Perspectives from Canada, Mexico, and Italy3
Children’s Olfactory Picturebooks: Charting New Trends in Early Childhood Education3
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