Remember Kindergarten. Learning to use scissors, reciting your abc's, a quiet nap on your blue foam mat. Well, that's all ancient history now. Kindergarten today is more about academics then play-time ...

Bridging play and learning for young minds. (Green Shoot Media photo) Developmental kindergarten, also known as transitional kindergarten or begindergarten, is a program designed to cater to young ...

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Many studies have shown that attending preschool boosts children’s kindergarten readiness, and that its effects can — but don’t invariably — last beyond kindergarten and even into adulthood. Credit: ...

Exposure to advanced content in reading or math at kindergarten aids children to perform better at elementary school later on, reports the American Educational Research Journal. Children who are ...

The Museum of Science of Boston's school curriculum division, EiE, has released two Engineering curricula, one for kindergarten and one for preschool and pre-K programs, the first of their kind of ...

Despite research showing the crucial importance of math at a preschool level for future academic success, preschool programs face significant obstacles in implementing an effective math program, ...