“Kindergarten readiness” is a buzzy term, but experts say it’s leading to harmful (albeit well-meaning) approaches.

It's the time of year when parents are thinking of registering their children for kindergarten in September—a much-anticipated moment in the lives of many parents and their young ones. The importance ...

No matter how well children are prepared for kindergarten, their transition to the classroom during the first few months plays a key role in their success, a new study suggests. No matter how well ...

If your child is too advanced for preschool but not quite ready for kindergarten – perhaps because of a fall birthday – transitional kindergarten may be a solution. Pioneered in California, where the ...

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has been anxiously waiting for it to end. While managing uncertainty and lockdowns, school boards have had to transition from in-person and ...

"Play-Based Learning is an essential part of early childhood education," said NC State masters student Chyenne Holloway in ...

Yelena Hagooli has done everything possible to give her 4-year-old son the best start in life. She took him to the library every week, fed him the healthiest foods, left her job to care for him, and ...

Working on fine motor skills can help to enhance kindergarten readiness. Source: Cottonbro/Pexels Many children enter kindergarten without the skills needed to be fully ready to participate in ...

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 ...

Kindergarten has taken some getting used to for Walker Sheppard, who didn’t attend preschool or day care. Besides all the new rules to remember, there’s a new nightly routine: homework. “We spend ...