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Before and after school programs coming to DPS
DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Starting this fall, Decatur Public Schools will offer before and after school programs.
Can ‘Sesame Street’ replace preschool?
Experts say the popular show can prepare kids for kindergarten while teaching them life lessons.
Steps to Help Foster a Preschooler’s Spatial Reasoning Skills
Spatial intelligence is a skill that is not widely taught, even though it's attributed to successful minds in creative fields and STEM.
Why Are So Many Preschoolers Getting Suspended?
The frequency of punishment has a troubling racial skew.
How to manage a child’s transition from preschool to kindergarten
Is your child starting kindergarten this year? Read our handy tips on making the transition as easy and comfortable as possible.
Preschool "Works" When Instruction Is Good to Excellent, Study Finds
Preschool teachers must offer high-quality instruction to change academic outcomes for their students, according to a new analysis of eight studies.
Preschoolers and Praise: What Kinds of Messages Help Kids Grow?
The messages parents and educators convey to preschoolers can help strengthen kids for obstacles throughout life.
Bringing brain development 101 to kids who miss preschool
A social service agency is trying to train parents in child development skills in an attempt to close gaps between kids who attend preschool and kids who don't.
How Preschool Can Make You Smarter and Healthier — NOVA Next
Just two years of preschool can stay with people for decades, making them healthier, more intelligent adults.
Why Preschool Suspensions Still Happen (And How To Stop Them)
Thousands of children in public pre-K, especially black preschoolers, are suspended each year. The problems are clear. So are some fixes.
Why One City Has Made Preschool Free for Those Who Can Pay
Why Adults Are Buying Coloring Books (for Themselves)
The “Peter Pan market” for coloring books and adult preschool fosters either mental well-being or regressive fantasy, depending on whom you ask.
Tech for tots and teachers: promoting STEM learning in preK-3 classrooms
Toy building blocks aren’t an unusual sight in a preschool classroom. But teachers aren’t typically using them in a physics lesson about force and gravity with their four-year-olds. That’s largely because teachers aren’t comfortable with introducing young children to science, according to a group of educators committed to helping elementary school teachers become better at …
It Doesn't Pay To Be An Early-Childhood Teacher
On average, preschool teachers are paid less than mail-order clerks, tree trimmers and pest control workers. And if they switched to teach kindergarten — in many states, their salaries would double.
Back to school ideas for preschool thru college
Student’s Nonprofit Helps Promote Peace Two years ago, when Jackie Brenner was 16, she was struggling to recover from a difficult knee surgery and to deal with her mother’s fight with breast cancer. Her life was full of stress. She started researching meditation, yoga and nutrition, and she incorporated what she found into her daily …
How Preschool Can Revolutionize High School Education
I miss preschool. I miss the fun, the environment, the joy of learning that seems to have been lost somewhere along the way. But what if we could go back? No, I don’t mean time travel, or act…
What Every School Can Learn From Preschools
A new report argues that non-academic "skills for success" can and should be cultivated and assessed in older students.
The Guide to Preschool
Review general curricula for preschool, what to expect for each subject, and activities that can be done at home to support learning in the classroom.
Preschool 101: Different Types of School Structures and What They Mean
Considering the preschool options available to your toddler? Depending on where you live, you may have a wide array at your disposal. The first step is
Six back to school tips for parents of preschoolers
It is almost time for preschool to begin, so make the transition easy with these six handy tips. Continue reading to learn more.
Learning to pour liquids in preschool
I'm learning how to pour liquids from one container into another and I'm using a sponge to clean up the drips. My parents LOVE that my school teaches me prac...
