Kindergarten is a big step for both child and parent. Taking a few strategic actions will help ease the transition and help you best prepare your preschooler for “the big K.” 1. Teach concepts. While ...

To figure out the best way to help your kindergartner prepare for school during the summer, we consulted our baby and child ...

CABOT — Kindergarten can be a scary moment in a kid’s life. It can be even scarier for parents. “It’s a stressful time for parents with the transition of letting go and giving your child to the school ...

So your kid is turning five this year? That means they, along with more than 38,000 kids in B.C., will be starting kindergarten in September. For most families, a child entering kindergarten is their ...

Lori Kraut, an Adams Elementary School kindergarten teacher, talks with Marin Tarnowski, 4, about what she's most looking to in kindergarten. Tarnowski is one of Kraut's 44 students whose home she ...

Already a pro at reading phonetic words such as “cat,” she has spent seven weeks learning about the silent “e,” letter combinations such as “sh” and other more advanced reading skills. She’s been ...

When the school year began, Jana Newell’s assessments of the 20 children in her class showed that just four had the skills necessary for the busy pace of kindergarten at Sunnymede Elementary School in ...

The popularity of my recent Psychology Today blog post (Preschool Isn't Prep—It's Prime Time for Brain Growth) underscored something powerful: a growing wave of parents and educators are rethinking ...