The transition into kindergarten : a community approach to integrating a child's fragmented world : a discussion paper examining issues and implications of early childhood transitions to kindergarten

Beaton, Wendy (author.). McDonell, Linda, (author.). Vancouver Island University. BC Regional Innovation Chair for Aboriginal Early Childhood Development, (issuing body.). Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship Centre, (issuing body.). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm), (distributor.).

Summary: "The purpose of this paper is to briefly describe: some of the research that identifies the importance of early childhood experiences to healthy, holistic early childhood development and explains the significance of early experiences for Aboriginal children; the affect of transitions from early childhood settings (whether home or child care) to kindergarten and primary programs; the existing fragmentation of services across the early childhood and public school systems and the effects of this fragmentation on both transitions between systems and ultimately on healthy child development. Finally the authors will discuss potential ways to remediate the issues described and propose some recommendations and implementation strategies to address the "discontinuities" across systems"--page 5.

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Physical Description: remote
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1 electronic text (25 pages) : colour illustrations.
Publisher: [Nanaimo, British Columbia] : Vancouver Island University, Aboriginal Early Childhood Development, [2013]
Distributor: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"February 2013". Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 22-25).
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Background -- Terminology -- The importance of early years -- Aboriginal early childhood development: issues and considerations -- Transition to school -- Discontinuities and recommendations -- Relationship building and trust. Recommendations related to relationship building and trust -- Information sharing. Recommendations related to information sharing -- Family and community support. Recommendations related to family and community support -- Culture and language. Recommendations related to culture and language -- Alignment in curriculum and teaching strategies. Recommendations related to alignment in curriculum and teaching strategies -- School culture. Recommendations related to school culture -- The hub model: a community approach to integrating a child's fragmented world. Recommendations related to hub models -- Implementation strategies. Strategy 1 - create a community transition council ; Strategy 2 - create a school-based transition team -- Summary and conclusion -- References.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Issuing Body Note:	Issued by: Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship Centre.
Source of Description Note:	Title from cover.