At the Rollins College preschool, student learning is child’s play

The college’s preschool offers psychology students hands-on research on child development and aims to model effective early ...
Education Week

Finding Deeper Learning in a Preschool for ‘Visible Learning’

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 ...
Science Daily

Preschoolers learn from math games, to a point

What is the best way to help poor schoolchildren succeed at math? A study now sheds light on the ways preschool activities may -- or may not -- help children develop cognitive skills. What is the best ...
wsbt

Operation Education: More preschool options as schools aim to boost literacy

ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — There are more affordable options for high-quality preschool in our area. This fall, Concord Community Schools will offer full day preschool classes in each of its four ...
Education Week

The Preschool Fade-Out Effect Is Not Inevitable

Many policymakers tout universal preschool as a strategy for reducing the achievement gap that exists before children begin school, and for preparing all children for the increased academic rigor of ...
SheKnows

Lessons your child should be learning in preschool

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,” ...
Hartford Courant

Preschoolers are learning math thanks to a Wesleyan University professor and her students. Here’s how it works.

A Wesleyan University psychology professor and her students are finding out that preschool children are more than ready to learn math, as long as it’s fun. Professor Anna Shusterman, who studies ...
9NEWS

Arvada preschool combats summer learning loss with sports

ARVADA, Colo. — The Learning Experience preschool in Arvada is using physical activity and sports to help prevent the summer slide, a phenomenon where children lose educational progress during summer ...
The Journal

Preschoolers Losing Learning Opportunities in Pandemic

K-12 students aren't the only ones who have experienced learning loss due to the pandemic. According to new research, children ages 3 to 5 have also lost important learning opportunities over the last ...
Salon

Turn your phone into a preschool learning tool

If you’ve ever handed your phone over to your preschooler and turned him loose on a random kid’s app, you’re not alone. But you can make those moments productive — and fun — if you think of your phone ...

My twins go to preschool at a nursing home. Its taught them about empathy and grief.

I worried about kindergarten readiness, but chose an intergenerational preschool that pairs kids with dementia patients.