Engaging in regular physical activity is especially important for young children, as it helps build strength and develop healthy bodies, and can even enhance academic performance. Here are ...

PITTSFIELD -- The school year may be coming to an end, but for early childhood educators and advocates, it's never too early to start preparing children for kindergarten. The Berkshire Museum, through ...

Teachers can guide students to practice a behavior that provides encouragement and promotes feelings of personal success.

Learn how to raise an environmentally conscious child to care about the environment without guilt or dread using these environment activities for kindergarten children. Before I became a full-time ...

A look at KEA data from the last several school years shows relatively steady rates of students marked as overall "ready" for ...

There are still a few months left in the 2013-14 school year, but it’s already time to start thinking about next year – especially if your child is going to start kindergarten in the fall. To make the ...

OBJECTIVE: To compare the physical activity levels of overweight and non overweight 3- to 5-y-old children while attending preschool. A secondary aim was to evaluate weight-related differences in ...

Letter F activities are always fun to set up because frogs, fish, and flowers give kids plenty of playful ways to connect with the letter. When I worked through them with my son, simple crafts and ...

A Norwegian study of kindergarten children reveals that girls are more interested in language activities than boys. As a result boys may receive less linguistic stimulation and become less prepared ...