While kindergarten is meant to be a gentle, low-stress introduction to formal schooling, it’s a critically important milestone for little learners, who are developing at an astounding pace.

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 ...

At the beginning of each school year, children entering kindergarten are screened to see how prepared they are to learn. The answer, both across the state and in Owensboro and Daviess County, is that ...

Dr. Sara Bode (far right) high fives Juri Sleet, 4, after she and Crystal Webb, a kindergarten readiness coordinator, talk with Sleet's grandmother, Quintina Davis (left), about the literacy screening ...

Almost every child likes to play video games, and why wouldn’t they? Games are fun and entertaining, and when you choose the right game for your child, it’s also great for their educational ...

Kindergarten “redshirting”—when a parent decides to delay the start of their child’s academic career by a year—was once largely a choice made by higher-income parents of white boys. But the COVID-19 ...

Mary Elizabeth Picher works as a consultant to Storypark. University of Toronto provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Toronto provides funding as a member of The ...

Local schools say many children are lacking important skills when they start kindergarten and it is putting them at a disadvantage. Kindergarten readiness assessments show, in some cases, more than ...

EdSource · California teachers on the picket line amid shrinking school budgets Paula Merrigan loves being a transitional kindergarten (TK) teacher so much she says she may never retire. She’d miss ...