Nearly all teachers (97%) strongly agree that play supports academic learning in preschool settings, researchers report in ...

Play helps preschoolers learn far more than many adults realize, yet teachers do not always feel equally supported.

It's the time of year when parents are thinking of registering their children for kindergarten in September—a much-anticipated moment in the lives of many parents and their young ones. The importance ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Thinkers from Plato to Maria Montessori have championed play as one of the most powerful ways that young ...

Kindergarten readiness” is a buzzy term, but experts say it’s leading to harmful (albeit well-meaning) approaches.

If your child is too advanced for preschool but not quite ready for kindergarten – perhaps because of a fall birthday – transitional kindergarten may be a solution. Pioneered in California, where the ...

The days when kindergarten focused on playing and finger painting may be waning, as early-learning classrooms devote significantly more attention to preparing students to read, according to a new ...

Yelena Hagooli has done everything possible to give her 4-year-old son the best start in life. She took him to the library every week, fed him the healthiest foods, left her job to care for him, and ...

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has been anxiously waiting for it to end. While managing uncertainty and lockdowns, school boards have had to transition from in-person and ...

When you think back to your own kindergarten experience, it probably involved a half-day program and plenty of fun activities — finger painting, sand play and nap time. Likely the hardest parts were ...