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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.
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Fu, D., Hartle, L., Lamme, L.L. et al. A Comfortable Start for Everyone: The First Week of School in Three Multi-Age (K-2) Classrooms. Early Childhood Education Journal 27, 73–80 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026092009745
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