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 ...

Two new initiatives are evaluating preschool curricula, making the case that programs designed to teach the youngest learners ...

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,” ...

WASHINGTON — Should preschool be more about ABCs or learning to play with others? Scientists found out that youngsters do better if they do both. So concludes a major study in Head Start programs in ...

Generative AI is becoming a planning aid for preschool educators, helping to quickly produce ideas for play-based activities and thematic units while ensuring teachers remain central to instruction.

Researchers studied verb learning in 3-year-olds, finding that those who napped after learning new verbs had a better understanding of the words when tested 24 hours later. Research has shown that ...

A wide range of new resources and guides are offering parents and educators fresh ideas for preschool art, from ocean-themed ...

When young children engage in learning that connects them to the natural world, they experience social and emotional benefits ...

What is the best way to help poor schoolchildren succeed at math? A study now sheds light on the ways preschool activities may -- or may not -- help children develop cognitive skills. What is the best ...

CHILDREN COME INTO THE WORLD eager to learn. The first five years of life are a time of enormous growth of linguistic, conceptual, social, emotional, and motor competence. Right from birth a healthy ...

Preschool is more fun — and educational — by learning outdoors at the Saint Louis Zoo. Students are immersed in a nurturing ...

Last August, Hawai‘i Baptist Academy opened HBA Preschool at GracePoint, its first satellite preschool located in Mililani Mauka. A collaboration with GracePoint Church, the new preschool has a ...