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The relationship between gross motor skills and school readiness in early childhood: making the case in South Africa

Kate Sherry Disabilities Studies Division, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, University of Cape Town, Boundary Road, Newlands, 7700, Cape Town, South Africa
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Catherine E. Draper UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, University of Cape Town, Boundary Road, Newlands, 7700, Cape Town, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1293-1310 | Received 21 Jun 2012, Accepted 13 Aug 2012, Published online: 11 Sep 2012

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Janke van der Walt, Nicola A Plastow & Marianne Unger. (2020) Prevalence of motor skill impairment among Grade R learners in the West Coast District of South Africa. South African Journal of Education 40:1, pages 1-8.
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Colwyn D. Martin & Hasina B. Ebrahim. (2016) Teachers’ discourses of literacy as social practice in advantaged and disadvantaged early childhood contexts. South African Journal of Childhood Education 6:2, pages 10.
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