As pressure to raise scores on standardized tests has trickled down to the lower grades, kindergarten and even pre-kindergarten classrooms have focused more on academic skills. But debating whether a ...

EdSource · Hot classrooms, leaky roofs — one student’s fight for better school facilities In the summer of 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the rollout of universal preschool across the state of ...

Children enrolled in the Learning and Belonging Preschool at the University of Montana spend four days a week playing, exploring and growing in vibrant classrooms stocked with just about everything a ...

In Chicago, and across the country, school has become increasingly competitive. Preschoolers are sometimes expected to know their letters, numbers, even sight words, before they’ve truly had time to ...

In her just-released book, “The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups” (Viking), noted early childhood educator and Silliman College associate master Erika Christakis ...

Editor’s note: Professor Laurel Bongiorno is director of the master’s degree program in early childhood education at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. She is working on a book on the value of ...

ALEX: RIGHT NOW, WE ARE INSIDE BLUEBIRD COTTAGE SCHOOL. I’M HERE WITH THE TEACHER, MARY BETH. WHAT IS NATURE PLAY-BASED? MARY BETH: OUR SCHOOL IS LOCATED ON BEAUTIFUL FOXHOLLOW FARM IN KENTUCKY AND WE ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of Julie Sarama, a researcher who has developed strategies for building the mathematical skills of preschool students. A pair of New ...

Erika Christakis is an early-childhood educator (formerly at the Yale Child Study Center), a Massachusetts-certified teacher (for pre-K through 2nd grade), and a licensed preschool director. Her work ...

Learn & Play Preschool Academy is a platform offers a safe, healthy and fun environment to motivate and develop children between the ages of 3 (Preschool) and 4 (Junior Kindergarten in Calgary). Learn ...

BOOLAVOGUE PLAY and learn preschool and montessori is situated in the old school house in boolavogue village. Marian power and staff member Anne nulty are both qualified in childcare and have 15 years ...