How can parents really prepare their kids for kindergarten? Take advice from a teacher who says parents need to do one important thing: “Tell your kid no.” “‘No’ is not a bad word,” Emily Perkins, a ...

While there's growing interest in assessing school readiness, education experts differ on what to measure and how. Here's ...

Little kids experience all of life at full volume, without the checks and balances of emotional restraint that comes, hopefully, with age. With kids, their unbridled joy makes them sprint in circles, ...

It’s that time of year when kindergartners proudly march across the stage to receive a certification of completion, enjoy the summer, and look ahead to 1st grade. This transition once represented a ...

Consider the humble lump of pink Play-Doh. To a parent, it’s a quick toddler playtime activity. But ask an early childhood educator about Play-Doh, and it’s a science experiment, an opportunity for ...

As a kindergarten teacher, Derrick Criner knows that progress is a process and trying new things may lead to enriching experiences. Initially, the 2013 Glacier High School grad thought he would go ...

The All Kids Bike Kindergarten Learn-to-Ride Program will teach kindergarten students from Platteville Elementary School how to ride a bike. Led by the Strider Education Foundation, a nonprofit ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. When Humberto Estratalán’s daughter ...