A comfortable start for everyone: The first week of school in three multi-age (K-2) classrooms

Danling Fu; Lynn Hartle; Linda Leonard Lamme; Jeane Copenhaver; Diane Adams; Carlene Harmon; Stephanie Reneke

doi:10.1023/A:1026092009745

A comfortable start for everyone: The first week of school in three multi-age (K-2) classrooms

Danling Fu
, Lynn Hartle
, Linda Leonard Lamme
, Jeane Copenhaver
, Diane Adams
, Carlene Harmon
, Stephanie Reneke

Penn State Brandywine

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This article describes the start of the school year in three multi-age classrooms where 8 new kindergarten children join 16 returning first and second graders. The authors (professor/observers and teachers) describe what happens during the first week of school in this setting where the students remain with their teachers for 3 years. They explain what the start of the year is like for the returning students (first and second graders), the new students (kindergartners), the parents, and the teachers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	73-80
Number of pages	8
Journal	Early Childhood Education Journal
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026092009745
State	Published - 1999

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Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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