California has invested heavily in early childhood education, yet it doesn’t require all 5-year-olds to attend kindergarten.

At one time kindergarteners played to learn much of the school day. They explored. They learned to get along with other children and made friends. But in the past few decades, the pendulum has swung ...

Math can be made more meaningful in kindergarten when teachers set up activities that tap into the excitement of the fall season—pumpkins, leaves, weather changes, and familiar traditions. These ...

Several weeks before the official start of the coming school year, 18 kindergartners-to-be wearing big-kid backpacks filed into Maria Surface’s snug, sunny classroom at Beaverton’s Vose Elementary ...

When the digital revolution first hit classrooms in the early 2010s—and more schools began issuing laptops or tablets to students for individual use—online learning seemed to promise a faster, easier ...

You know what’s fun? Sharpening pencils, organizing a million glue sticks, and trying to explain to a five-year-old why they can’t cut their own bangs during craft time. And by fun, I mean mildly ...

Erin McCloud finds herself in an odd position. She’s about to close one of the two preschools she operates in Southeast Portland, because of a government program designed to increase preschool ...

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – All three kindergarten teachers at Abilene’s Texas Leadership Chartership Academy have been fired due to an “unacceptable” discipline practice. TLCA officials confirm they ...

889 Share or save for quick reference. Recognizing math patterns is an essential executive functioning skill that is often taken for granted. Math pattern worksheets are one way to practice this, but ...

One November morning, a little after 8 a.m., Jessica Arrow and 14 of her kindergarteners are sitting in a circle on a rug in her classroom at Symonds Elementary School here. Some sit cross-legged, ...

Fun and learning combine with this set of Free Printable Valentine Preschool Worksheets. Includes twelve educational ...