Alphabets make up the core of preschool learning. The alphabet is the first thing a child needs to learn before anything else. Children need to learn each letter and the corresponding sound to ...

You should see finger-point reading with lots of repetitions of favorite songs, poems, raps, and rhymes in a preschool classroom. Kids love literacy activities such as eating letters in alphabet soups ...

In his March 10 speech laying out his education agenda, President Barack Obama established expanded and higher-quality preschool education as the plan’s “first pillar.” That sensible foundation is ...

Are you familiar with the slogan “Talk, Read, Sing”? These three activities help children create a foundation for oral language, which is essential to reading. By building oral language, children ...

As preschoolers prepare to start school, a Michigan State University study highlights that traditional hands-on activities, such as writing letters and identifying words, are more effective in ...

SPRINGFIELD — Literacy Coach Lori Kyle uncapped a blue marker and held one of her 3-year-old pupil’s hands as they traced out her name, S-O-U-L-E-I-R-Y, on a whiteboard. Across the room, a pair of ...