Sticking Together II. Strenthening Linkages and the Transition between EarlyChildhood Education and Early Elementary School. Summary of the Second National Policy Forum

摘要

Representatives of diverse interests came together in September 1992 to discussthe issue of linkages and transition between early childhood education programs and elementary schools. The focus of the forum was on the transition of children from home and preschool to the first years of elementary school. Children experience a unique set of challenges in making this particular transition. These may include: spending more time away from home; adjusting to an elementary school environment that is likely to place more emphasis on formal educational experiences, including acquiring reading and mathematics skills and being tested, than in their prior experiences; sharing the attention of the teacher with more children than before; not having prior accomplishments and strengths in preschool recognized and built upon; or being unnecessarily misplaced or even retained in one or another elementary grade school levels or programs.