Kindergarten is a big step for both child and parent. Taking a few strategic actions will help ease the transition and help you best prepare your preschooler for “the big K.” 1. Teach concepts. While ...

When the school year began, Jana Newell’s assessments of the 20 children in her class showed that just four had the skills necessary for the busy pace of kindergarten at Sunnymede Elementary School in ...

Already a pro at reading phonetic words such as “cat,” she has spent seven weeks learning about the silent “e,” letter combinations such as “sh” and other more advanced reading skills. She’s been ...

School is quickly approaching, and for many 5- and 6-year-olds it’s a whole new world — kindergarten. The big enchilada, real school, homework, larger classes, longer days, and crowded hallways. Many ...

Zippers jingled as Marin Tarnowski hefted a blue backpack over one tiny shoulder and then dropped it on the carpet in her home. Zippers jingled as Marin Tarnowski hefted a blue backpack over one tiny ...

When other kids their age started kindergarten last month, 5-year-old Caitlin and Jackson Pilisuk just waited on the sidelines. The Oakland twins were eligible, but their parents and preschool ...

Roxana Perez fretted about her painfully shy daughter Jocelyn and how difficult the 4-year-old might find kindergarten this year. So the 30-year-old Santa Ana homemaker, who lives in an affordable ...

Heather Grocott from The Children’s Workshop shares advice for preparing your child for preschool and what to look for in a good facility. What are the benefits of Preschool? • Research shows that ...

When Dylan and Matthew Goode bounded into the Score Educational Center in Alameda, Dylan, 6, asked for a turn with the ladybug-shaped computer mouse. And Matthew, 4, wanted to know when he could shoot ...