Teachers can help students develop phonemic awareness with these playful activities that engage multiple sensory pathways.

Preschoolers read a lot into writing before they know how to read. Youngsters befuddled by printed squiggles on the pages of a storybook nonetheless understand that a written word, unlike a drawing, ...

In the summer of 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the rollout of universal preschool across the state of California through the expansion of transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds by the ...

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 ...

A new study of toddlers has found that the presence of background noise in home or at school can make learning new words more difficult for children. The environments children are in, including how ...

This post originally appeared on Common Sense Media. When kids’ TV shows bill themselves as educational, lots of parents take their word for it. But how many of these shows are backed by ...

One of the most amazing phenomena in young children learning a language is how well and how fast they learn new words. There comes a time in their development when we, adults, can hardly keep up with ...