If preschool training is great for rich kids in nursery school and for poor kids in the Government’s Head Start program, why shouldn’t every parent get busy and give his child a head start at home?

Why it matters: Strong handwriting in preschool supports reading fluency and academic success, making early skill-building essential. What’s new: Programs now combine multisensory games, structured ...

(TNS) — The preschoolers were fascinated, looking at their classroom through the lens of an iPad camera, watching animated images pop up as a cheerful voice told them: Feed apples to a pig behind a ...

Why it works: Songs act as predictable cues that help children move between activities smoothly, reducing stress for both students and teachers. More than fun: Music fosters language development, ...

As early-childhood educators who prepare teachers to meet the needs of all young children, we became deeply concerned when we read a 2011-2012 data collection from the U.S. Department of Education’s ...