How do preschools best ensure that children are learning to get along with others, handle their emotions, focus on a specific task, and persist despite facing challenges? That’s the question ...

Have you ever noticed how toddlers and preschoolers light up when they discover a new way to explore textures, shapes, and colors? A Non-food Sensory Bin can transform simple playtime into hours of ...

This post is by Kathleen Cushman. Her most recent book, with WKCD colleague Barbara Cervone, is Belonging and Becoming: The Power of Social and Emotional Learning in High Schools (Harvard Education ...

Contrary to previous assumptions, researchers find that preschoolers are able to gauge the strength of their memories and make decisions based on their self-assessments. The findings contribute to ...

As pressure to raise scores on standardized tests has trickled down to the lower grades, kindergarten and even pre-kindergarten classrooms have focused more on academic skills. But debating whether a ...

If you have a preschool age child, you’ve probably heard of Blippy—the very energetic hipster clown whose kid-friendly content can be streamed on platforms like YouTube, Netflix, Disney+ and more.

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 ...

Preschoolers sat in a circle listening until their teacher released them one by one to pursue other activities Wednesday ...

Grace Lutheran Preschool in Watertown recently underwent a name change and remodeled its classrooms for the new school year.