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Seasonal and daily variation in physical activity among three-year-old Finnish preschool children

2013

The purposes of this study were to assess seasonal, daily, and gender variations in children’s physical activity (PA). ActiGraph GT3X accelerometers were used to record the three-year-old children’s PA levels for five consecutive days in autumn and winter. Complete data for both seasons were obtained for 47 children. Despite a significant difference in seasonal temperatures (p < .001), differences were only found for weekdays light PA (p = .021). No difference in PA was observed between weekdays and weekend days. Only 20% of the sample had ≥120 minutes light-to-vigorous PA (LMVPA), and 46% of children had ≥60 minutes moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA). Boys spent more minutes in LMVPA (p = .001…

Complete dataSocial PsychologyNames of the days of the weekSignificant differenceeducationPhysical activityphysical activitychildcareta3141päivähoitoPediatricsPhysical activity levelvarhaislapsuusaccelerometerDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyStatistical analysisPsychologyfyysinen aktiivisuusDemographykiityvyysmittariEarly Child Development and Care
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Toddlers' Play in Early Childhood Education Settings

2018

More and more toddlers participate in early childhood education outside home, sharing a significant part of their day with teachers and peers, often in play. Despite the knowledge that has accumulated on toddlers’ playing skills and on the psychology underlying the development of play, research on toddlers’ play from the educational and pedagogical viewpoints is limited. Whereas teachers of toddlers report high respect for play and the importance of play in toddlers’ lives, research shows that the position of play is generally weak. This chapter, drawing on existing research, reviews the development and characteristics of toddlers’ play, describes the ways in which they play, and discusses …

Early childhood educationeducationlearningvarhaiskasvatusoppiminenearly childhoodDevelopmental psychologyvarhaislapsuuspeliteducation settingstaaperoikäisetleikki (toiminta)ta516toddlersplayPsychology
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Digital Games in Early Childhood: Broadening Definitions of Learning, Literacy, and Play

2017

Digital games attract children and young people with imaginary worlds, fascinating stories, and shared experiences with peers. They also can add children’s learning and motivation and offer a variety of new affordances to explore and play with. The pedagogical use of digital games has been found to potentially intensify a more critical use and understanding of varied forms of media. In this chapter, we will focus on analyzing the role of digital games in early childhood, especially from the perspectives of learning, literacy, and play. This chapter examines digital games as playing an essential role in young children’s overall technology experiences, particularly in the context of the socia…

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Infant and childhood growth and frailty in old age : the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study

2018

BackgroundEvidence from life course studies highlights the importance of infant and childhood growth as risk factors for adulthood chronic diseases.MethodsIn this sub-study of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study, we studied 1078 individuals who had both information on body size from birth to 12 years of age and who were assessed for frailty according to the Fried criteria at the mean age of 71 years.ResultsGreater BMI gain between 2 and 11 years in boys was associated with frailty in old age (age-adjusted RRR 2.36, 95% CI 1.21, 4.63). No similar associations were observed in girls.ConclusionsMen who were frail in old age experienced accelerated BMI gain in childhood compared with those men who …

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Always on the move? Measured physical activity of 3-year-old preschool children

2015

Vertaileva tutkimuspäiväkoditvarhaiskasvatuschildcare centrekiihtyvyysmittaritsedentary timeAustraliaphysical activityliikkumattomuusAlankomaatkansainvälinen vertailufyysinen kuormittavuusvarhaislapsuusaccelerometerdirect observationhavainnointiterveysliikuntafyysinen aktiivisuuslapset
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Physical activity during pregnancy and early childhood from the perspective of gestational diabetes risk and children's body composition

2017

This study investigated the factors associated with self-reported leisure-time physical activity excluding household activities (LTPAexHH) among women at risk for gestational diabetes (GDM), change in self-reported LTPA including household activities (LTPAinHH) from pre-pregnancy to 7-year follow-up as well as the influence of risk for GDM on their children’s physical activity (PA) and body composition. The association between maternal and child PA, and associations of PA with body composition and physical fitness in preschoolers were also studied. A sample of 399 pregnant women at risk for GDM was examined in a cohort study, and 199 mother-child dyads were assessed in cross-sectional and l…

body compositiongestational diabetes riskphysical activitylapset (ikäryhmät)raskausriskitekijätliikuntaraskausdiabetesäiditsikiönkehityspainonhallintavarhaislapsuusfyysinen kuntochildrenleikki-ikäisetesikouluikäisetterveysvaikutuksetphysical fitnesspregnancyfyysinen aktiivisuuskehonkoostumus
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Associations between physical activity, motor skills, executive functions and early numeracy in preschoolers

2022

We investigated direct and indirect cross-sectional associations of physical activity, fundamental motor skills, executive functions, and early numeracy in preschoolers. The participants were 214 preschoolers aged three to five years. Time spent in moderate and vigorous physical activity was measured by hip-worn accelerometers and fundamental motor skills using the tasks assessing locomotor, object control, and stability skills. Inhibition/switching and working memory/updating, as components of executive functions, were assessed by computerized tests and a standardized test was used to assess early numeracy. Path analyses were used to examine direct and indirect associations between the con…

cognitionkognitiotoiminnanohjaus (psykologia)exercisePhysical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitationearly childhoodGeneral Medicinevarhaislapsuusacademic skillsesikouluikäisetmatemaattiset taidotOrthopedics and Sports Medicinemotoriset taidotfyysinen aktiivisuusEuropean Journal of Sport Science
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Daily rhythms of young children in the 24/7 economy : A comparison of children in day care and day and night care

2017

The study explored temporal variation in children’s moods and compared children in regular day care with those in day and night care in Finland. To examine variation in children’s experiences, a mobile diary was used. The participants comprised 32 young children and their parents and day care personnel. Adults evaluated children’s moods three times daily over 1 week. A clear weekday–weekend rhythm was found among children in day care, who displayed more negative moods, due to frequent hurried mornings. Children in day and night care had more irregular mood rhythms. Boys were evaluated as displaying more negative moods than girls. peerReviewed

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The Modifying Mirror

2023

Abstract This chapter compares music listening with the infant’s experience of care. Several scholars have argued that music can be used for scaffolding one’s self-experience. Developmental psychologists, in turn, maintain a wide consensus over the claim that, in early interaction, the attuned caregiver supports and modifies the infant’s self-experience in various ways. The chapter brings these phenomena together, illustrating how the examination of the early self/other relation can teach us something important concerning the listener/music relation. The first section elaborates on the scaffolding function of music and clarifies two ambiguities haunting the debate. The second section reloca…

early interactionmirroring functionaffective scaffoldingfenomenologiamusiikkiaffect attunementthanatic functionkiintymyssuhdevanhempi-lapsisuhdevarhaislapsuusinfant and caregiverregulative functionitsesäätely (psykologia)tunteetmusic listeningaffect regulationvitality forms
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The belly-button chord : connections of pre- and postnatal music education with early mother-child interaction

2009

early interactionmusiikkikasvatusvuorovaikutusvarhaiskasvatusoppimineninfantsmusiikkikvantitatiivinen tutkimusvauvatraskausnapasointuemotionsäiditteoriatearly parentingmusilanguage theoryvarhaislapsuussikiötfetusesmusilanguage-teoriamusic educationmusical communicationkvalitatiivinen tutkimusattachmentchildhood
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