Resources

Clark, P. (2001). Recent research on all-day kindergarten [ERIC digest]. Champaign, IL: ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education. Retrieved October 24, 2002, from http://ericeece.org/pubs/digests/2001/clark01.html

Finn, J.D. (1997). Full-day kindergarten: Answers with questions (Spotlight on Student Success Digest No. 210). Philadelphia, PA: Laboratory for Student Success. Retrieved October 24, 2002, from www.temple.edu/lss/htmlpublications/spotlights/200/spot210.htm

Hough, D., & Bryde, S. (1996, April). The effects of full-day kindergarten on student achievement and affect. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED395691)

Jacobson, L. (2000, February 23). Kindergarten study taking long view. Education Week, 19(24), 1, 12–13. Retrieved October 24, 2002, from www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=24kinder.h19

Towers, J.M. (1991). Attitudes toward the all-day, everyday kindergarten. Children Today, 20(1), 25–28.

Wang, Y.L., & Johnstone, W.G. (1999). Evaluation of a full-day kindergarten program. ERS Spectrum, 17(2), 27–32.

A Sampling of Kindergarten, Literacy, and School Readiness Resources

Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement [CIERA] (www.ciera.org)

National Center for Early Development and Learning (supported by the U.S. Dept. of Education’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement and operated by the FPG Child Development Center, UNC-Chapel Hill (www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/

Reading Pathfinder (sponsored by the ERIC Clearing-house on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (www.readingpath.org/age/kinder.html) This site has many resources for administrators, teachers, and parents on kindergarten and literacy instruction

Ready Web: An Electronic Collection of Resources on School Readiness (sponsored by the ERIC Clearing-house on Elementary and Early Childhood Education) http://ericps.crc.uiuc.edu/readyweb

Fromberg, D.P. (1995). The full-day kindergarten: Planning and practicing a dynamic themes curriculum (2nd ed.). New York, NY; Teachers College Press.

Neuman, S.B., Copple, C., & Bredekamp, S. (2000). Learning to read and write: Developmentally appropriate practices for young children. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Saluja, G., Scott-Little, C., & Clifford, R.M. (2000). Readiness for school: A survey of state policies and definitions. Early Childhood Research and Practice: An Internet Journal on the Development, Care, and Education of Young Children, (2)2. Retrieved October 29, 2002, from ecrp.uiuc.edu/v2n2/saluja.html

Snow, C.E., Burns, M.S., & Griffin, P. (Eds.). (1998). Preventing reading difficulties in young children. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Retrieved October 27, 2002, from http://books.nap.edu/html/prdyc/