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#	Title	Journal	Year	Citations
1	Making meaning: children’s perspectives expressed through drawings	Early Child Development and Care	2009	314
2	Listening to and involving young children: a review of research and practice	Early Child Development and Care	2005	258
3	Fathers in attachment theory and research: a review	Early Child Development and Care	2010	211
4	Conducting research with young children: some ethical considerations	Early Child Development and Care	2005	203
5	Contributions of the home literacy environment to preschool‐aged children’s emerging literacy and language skills	Early Child Development and Care	2006	185
6	Playschool in pictures: children’s photographs as a research method	Early Child Development and Care	2005	184
7	The Unique Contribution of Home Literacy Environment to Differences in Early Literacy Skills1	Early Child Development and Care	1997	181
8	Play and learning—inseparable dimensions in preschool practice	Early Child Development and Care	2006	171
9	The effect of parent–child attachment relationships on child biopsychosocial outcomes: a review	Early Child Development and Care	2008	135
10	Kindergarten teachers beliefs and practices	Early Child Development and Care	1991	134
11	Family Home Care Providers’ and Parents’ Beliefs and Practices Concerning Mathematics with Young Children†	Early Child Development and Care	2000	117
12	The risky situation: a procedure for assessing the father–child activation relationship	Early Child Development and Care	2010	114
13	Observed and reported supportive coparenting as predictors of infant–mother and infant–father attachment security	Early Child Development and Care	2010	111
14	Influences of Language and Parental Involvement on the Development of Counting Skills: Comparisons of French- and English-speaking Canadian Children	Early Child Development and Care	2002	109
15	Pretend Play and the Development of Emotion Regulation in Preschool Children	Early Child Development and Care	2001	106
16	Socialization Goals, Parenting Practices, and Peer Competence in Chinese and English Preschoolers	Early Child Development and Care	2003	101
17	Preschool children's fundamental motor skills: a review of significant determinants	Early Child Development and Care	2014	96
18	Specifying the links between household chaos and preschool children's development	Early Child Development and Care	2012	94
19	Rough and tumble play quality: theoretical foundations for a new measure of father–child interaction	Early Child Development and Care	2013	89
20	Child–mother and child–father play interaction patterns with preschoolers	Early Child Development and Care	2013	89
21	Mothers’ and fathers’ involvement in home activities with their children: psychosocial factors and the role of parental self-efficacy	Early Child Development and Care	2013	88
22	Thinking About Thinking: Developing Metacognition in Children	Early Child Development and Care	1998	86
23	Mothers’ Implicit Theories of Early Literacy Instruction: Implications for Children's Reading and Writing	Early Child Development and Care	2000	86
24	Factors Related to Parenting Practices in Taiwan	Early Child Development and Care	2002	86
25	Changing patterns of parent–teacher communication and parent involvement from preschool to school	Early Child Development and Care	2015	85
26	Pedagogical positioning in play – teachers being inside and outside of children's imaginary play	Early Child Development and Care	2015	84
27	Gender differences in Brazilian children's fundamental movement skill performance	Early Child Development and Care	2013	81
28	Sleep Problems in Infants Decrease Following Massage Therapy	Early Child Development and Care	2001	80
29	Researching with children: insights from the Starting School Research Project	Early Child Development and Care	2005	79
30	On musical parenting of young children: musical beliefs and behaviors of mothers and infants	Early Child Development and Care	2005	79
31	Chinese parenting in Hong Kong: links among goals, beliefs and styles	Early Child Development and Care	2009	77
32	What about the child's tie to the father? A new insight into fathering, father–child attachment, children's socio-emotional development and the activation relationship theory	Early Child Development and Care	2013	77
33	Food Texture Preferences in Infants Versus Toddlers	Early Child Development and Care	1998	76
34	Dialogic teaching: developing thinking and metacognition through philosophical discussion	Early Child Development and Care	2007	76
35	Visual Teaching Strategies for Children with Autism	Early Child Development and Care	2003	75
36	Evaluating a supported nature play programme, parents’ perspectives	Early Child Development and Care	2019	75
37	Parental Beliefs about Ways to Help Children Learn to Read: The Impact of an Entertainment or a Skills Perspective	Early Child Development and Care	1997	74
38	Children drawing: Are young children really scribbling?	Early Child Development and Care	1984	73
39	Advanced constructional play with LEGOs among preschoolers as a predictor of later school achievement in mathematics	Early Child Development and Care	2003	72
40	Children’s perspectives on their learning: exploring methods	Early Child Development and Care	2005	71
41	Parenting behaviours and children’s development from infancy to early childhood: changes, continuities and contributions	Early Child Development and Care	2010	70
42	Participatory learning theories: a framework for early childhood pedagogy	Early Child Development and Care	2012	70
43	The Validity of a Parent-based Assessment of Cognitive Abilities in Three-year Olds*	Early Child Development and Care	2002	69
44	Quality matters: early childhood education policy in Hong Kong	Early Child Development and Care	2009	69
45	Building on the positive in children's lives: a co-participatory study on the social construction of children's sense of agency	Early Child Development and Care	2014	69
46	Using Augmented Reality in early art education: a case study in Hong Kong kindergarten	Early Child Development and Care	2016	69
47	Informed assent: ethics and processes when researching with young children	Early Child Development and Care	2005	68
48	Eliciting Young Children's Perceptions of Play, Work and Learning Using the Activity Apperception Story Procedure	Early Child Development and Care	2002	67
49	Playing The Ladybug Game: parent guidance of young children's numeracy activities	Early Child Development and Care	2012	67
50	Mothers’ discrimination of their neonates’ cry in relation to cry acoustics: The first week of life	Early Child Development and Care	1990	66

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