Fine motor activities in head start and kindergarten classrooms

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 550-557

  Marr, Deborah ^a   Cermak, Sharon ^b   Cohn, Ellen S ^b   Henderson, Anne ^b  

^a UTICA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Early childhood; Skill link

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAPER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; SCHOOL;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 0642366770     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.57.5.550     Document Type: Article

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