Everybody is talking about high quality preschools but few folks know what high quality preschool looks like—especially for literacy development. The following checklist can be used to evaluate ...

Valley PBS and Fresno Unified School District have partnered with Golden 1 Credit Union to create Reading Explorers Lessons for grades Pre-Kindergarten through Third grade. The daily lessons will be ...

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 ...

The Student Achievement Partners guidelines outline similar criteria, though with more general recommendations rather than ...

Early childhood education specialists are emphasizing the role of play in fostering preschool literacy, combining research-based practices with joyful, developmentally appropriate activities.

Back when my kids were in preschool, I used to get a slight headache whenever I visited their classrooms because of the kaleidoscope of stuff that decorated the walls. From the letters of the alphabet ...

Be sure that your preschool is asking kids to be responsible for their lunches, snacks and gear from home. “By the end of preschool, most kids can take on full responsibility for all of three items,” ...

Storytime can be so much more than reading aloud—it’s a chance to weave in phonemic awareness, sequencing, and creative play. By pairing beloved books like *Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?* ...

Because preschool programs that include all kids boost low-income 4-year-olds’ reading scores, they could be a better way to spend tax dollars, according to a Dartmouth economist. Preschool is most ...