There’s a science lab at Rollins College where instead of Bunsen burners and microscopes researchers use crayons, papier mache and Play-Doh. It’s a place where psychology students sit in pint-size ...
Campaigning for the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama pledged to help states implement taxpayer-funded universal preschool--preschool for all.[1] The President's early education plan, for which he has ...
Be sure that your preschool is asking kids to be responsible for their lunches, snacks and gear from home. “By the end of preschool, most kids can take on full responsibility for all of three items,” ...
It’s day three of our foray into remote learning, and my kindergarteners are concerned about the class fish. “Mrs. Kausch, my daughter can’t remember the name of the class fish. Can you help her out?” ...
HOLYOKE-- Prior to the start of the school day in September, a kindergarten student at Metcalf School approached her teacher, Militza Semidei, with an annoyed expression on her face. "She's like, ...
Not long ago, I was a guest reader in the kindergarten class of a very special six-year-old in my life. It was a joy to share a favorite book with my guy, his classmates, and their wonderful teacher.
I worried about kindergarten readiness, but chose an intergenerational preschool that pairs kids with dementia patients.
Author Robert Fulghum famously wrote, “All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten.” But the pandemic meant that many students missed that pivotal school year or experienced a more disrupted ...
EMPTY SOME KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS FROM BETHLEHEM HAD A FUN DAY. TAKE A LOOK. GETTING A LITTLE DIRTY. BUT THERE’S AN IMPORTANT LESSON HERE. THEY PLANTED CHRISTMAS TREES WITH THE HELP OF THE SOCIETY FOR ...
For 40 years, Lakeside Elementary kindergarten teacher Coleene Torgerson has been “at the beginning” of students’ education, sending hundreds of children off on a path of learning and discovery. This ...
The students in Zsa’Meia Nelson-White’s kindergarten class at Godley Station K-8 School are a bit sluggish on their last Monday of the school year. They muscle through their morning song despite ...