Sixty Minutes of Physical Activity per Day Included Within Preschool Academic Lessons Improves Early Literacy

Journal of School Health

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 155-163

  Kirk, Stacie M ^a   Kirk, Erik P ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Childcare daycare; Head Start; Language speech; Preschool curriculum

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AWARENESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPOSURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SKILL; TEACHER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; LITERACY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL; TIME FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LITERACY; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85000788444     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josh.12363     Document Type: Article

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