Category: Preschool & Kindergarten
Transitional Kindergarten Is for New Kids on the Block
When the Murrieta Valley Unified School District began planning for Transitional Kindergarten, a new state-mandated program, administrators expected to offer three classes. Transitional Kindergarten, a two-year kindergarten program that districts across the state of California have begun to implement in response to the passage of the Kindergarten Readiness Act of …
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It’s Quality Versus Quantity in Battle for Hearts and Minds of Preschool Children
Government Ministers want to extend the free preschool year to two years, but is it too early given the variable quality of existing services? One of the key things Dara Hogan has learned over the last five years working with early years experts is not to judge a childcare facility by its …
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Do We Really Need Kindergarten Graduations? Some Moms Say Absolutely!
You’re baby is through with kindergarten and that means a few things. For example, he’s probably a little more embarrassed about mommy kisses in front of his friends, he actually has an opinion about what he wears, and, it’s graduation time! For most kids, kindergarten is pretty major. After all, …
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CHILDUP BESTOF: Most Math Being Taught in Kindergarten Is Old News to Students
Kindergarten teachers report spending much of their math instructional time teaching students basic counting skills and how to recognize geometric shapes — skills the students have already mastered before ever setting foot in the kindergarten classroom, new research finds. The findings reveal a misalignment between what the students are being …
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Head Start Wins Award for STEM Curriculum
The GLCAC’s Head Start program recently won recognition for its innovation and leadership in teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics to preschoolers. In a ceremony attended by Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua, Lawrence Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Riley, parents and GLCAC staff, three prize-winning teachers were honored for using bridges and …
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Required Reading: Law Says Graduating Third-Graders Must Read Proficiently
In a colorfully decorated school room located behind Mary Bethune Alternative School, a few young children look at books or play quietly with two parent educators. Another child sits with his mother at the computer, looking at a reading skills program. “These are children who are not in a child …
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Wanted: Men to Work in Swedish Preschools
The lack of men working in Sweden’s preschools is cause for concern, according to Equality Minister Maria Arnholm, who has said she’s open to altering employment rules to make it easier for men to enter the education field. “I’m thinking about a national strategy increase the percentage of men in preschools,” …
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CHILDUP BESTOF: Ready or Not for Kindergarten
As her daughter’s fifth birthday approached last year, Brandi Sutherland wrestled with whether to go ahead and enroll her in kindergarten or wait another year. Born on Aug. 16, two weeks and two days before the Texas kindergarten cutoff of Sept. 1, Sloane would have been among the youngest students — or …
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Interest in Early Education at an ‘Important Point’
President Barack Obama touted the value of early childhood education in the 2013 State of the Union address and then proposed a budget increase to improve access. Gov. Jay Nixon did the same on the state level. In Springfield, as a result of community interest, the Every Child Initiative was …
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Arne Duncan: Why All 4-Year-Olds Need Access to High-Quality Preschools
President Obama put forward a plan last week to make access to high-quality early learning a reality for every 4-year-old in America by making full-day preschool available to families with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line. Parents, teachers and principals nationwide agree that we need to do …
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