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Category: Preschool and Primary


Education Tech, Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

How robotic gamification helped my elementary students love STEM

January 6, 2023

Via: eSchool News

Coding is a necessary skill in today’s world, but it is relatively challenging to master, especially for kids. Its complexity is not necessarily because it is incomprehensible, but because it is a new concept for most students. This is especially […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

The Early Childhood Sector Could Become Education’s Most Notable Example of ‘Learning Loss’

December 19, 2022

Via: Ed Surge

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, education policymakers have debated the best ways to prevent and remedy learning loss. For our nation’s youngest learners, this loss has been multilayered, with developmental and academic losses compounded by diminished access to […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

10 things California parents should know about transitional kindergarten 

December 12, 2022

Via: EdSource

Even as families continue to take stock of pandemic-triggered learning loss and emotional upset, California is expanding an early childhood education program that may help young learners begin to bounce back. Next year, transitional kindergarten, or TK, will be available […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Learning Without Tears Announces Assessments to Guide Instruction; Expanding Impact of Get Set for School®, a Complete Multisensory, Early Childhood Curriculum

September 21, 2022

Via: eSchool News

Learning Without Tears’ acclaimed Early Childhood curriculum, Get Set for School® (GSS), will now include the new Assessments to Guide Instruction, an addition to the complete program that provides greater value and more complete foundational learning. This new assessment tool […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

3 reasons literacy is essential in child development

August 31, 2022

Via: eSchool News

Literacy is a fundamental element of a child’s development. Literacy means much more than just knowing how to read a book. It can also impact the ability for a child to learn other subjects, to understand road signs when driving […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Support for universal pre-K jumps as public opinion of schools drops

August 16, 2022

Via: K-12 Dive

Public opinion of the quality of local schools has dropped but support for universal pre-K has increased significantly, according to annual survey results released Tuesday by Education Next, a journal focused on school reform. The survey touched on a variety […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Times Have Changed. We Must Teach Children That Words Actually Do Hurt.

July 26, 2022

Via: Ed Surge

As a child, I was taught that sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. The truth is that society has changed. However, our mainstream education and societal training practices have not. The future of […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

North Carolina Education Corps and Littera Education Partner to Improve Reading Achievement for North Carolina K-3 Students

June 29, 2022

Via: eSchool News

The North Carolina Education Corps (NCEC) will partner with Littera Education to support and improve reading outcomes for thousands of North Carolina students who need to get back on track after more than two years of learning interruptions. Launched as […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Whole-body learning can boost children’s letter sound recognition — the first step toward reading

June 8, 2022

Via: ScienceDaily

Children who move while learning sounds of letters significantly improve their ability to recognize individual letter sounds. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted by the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports and Denmark’s National […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary, Secondary Education

Whole child learning paves a path to success, teachers say

May 23, 2022

Via: eSchool News

An overwhelming majority of educators polled in a new survey say they believe students achieve success when schools make whole child learning a priority. Ninety-one percent of teachers participating in education nonprofit Gradient Learning’s national survey, say they believe students […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Community building activities in early elementary curricula key for foundational social skills

May 11, 2022

Via: K-12 Dive

The early grades are an important period for seeding socialization and social development, where educators can integrate lessons and activities that can support both academic and social growth. Maurice Elias, professor of psychology at Rutgers University and director of the […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Pandemic to blame for first pre-K enrollment drop in 20 years

April 26, 2022

Via: K-12 Dive

A decades-long push to create capacity for universal access to preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds was stunted by the pandemic, but the impact may have been much worse without federal rescue funds, according to speakers on a virtual press […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary, Secondary Education

3 strategies to address new school nutrition standards

April 26, 2022

Via: eSchool News

The summer of 2022 brings changes to school meal requirements for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program, as school nutrition programs transition from pandemic-era flexibilities—such as loosened restrictions around food preparation and packaging—back to pre-pandemic requirements. […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

With family engagement, universal pre-K will be a success in 2022

January 21, 2022

Via: eSchool News

The next few years could be a turning point for those of us involved in early education, and even for education in general. As part of the American Families Plan, President Biden is aiming to set aside $200 billion to […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Kids Use Play To Communicate. Here’s Why Adults Need To Pay Attention.

January 4, 2022

Via: Ed Surge

Throughout my 20 years in the field of early childhood development, in the classroom and as a kids’ show host, I have observed that a young child in focused, self-guided, open-ended play is like a lucid dreamer. Consider how our […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ Bill Could Decimate the Child-Care Landscape

December 16, 2021

Via: Education Next

Senate Democrats are planning a vote on a version of President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion “Build Back Better” bill sometime in the coming weeks or months. The Democratic House has already passed its version of the bill, which includes over […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Ed Dept announces communities of practice to accelerate learning, support kindergartners

December 3, 2021

Via: K-12 Dive

The communities of practice aim to help school systems build capacity to implement interventions so the efforts best address students’ needs. State education systems were invited to apply to participate. “Students across the country have felt the impact of school […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Analysis: Pre-K enrollment rose prior to pandemic

November 29, 2021

Via: K-12 Dive

Spending on preschool programs surpassed $9 billion for the first time in 2019-20 across 44 states that funded preschool and Washington, D.C., according to a separate report by the National Institute for Early Education Research. Leading up to this time […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Early childhood education training needs investment, higher ed leaders say

November 17, 2021

Via: K-12 Dive

The report emphasizes the importance of early childhood education, especially during the pandemic, when it says “child care was more readily acknowledged as essential to the economy.” The pandemic heavily exacerbated teacher shortages. Education organizations wrote to Congressional leaders drawing […]


Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary

Early Childhood Education Is at an Inflection Point. We’re Doubling Down on Our Coverage of the Field.

October 27, 2021

Via: Ed Surge

The early childhood education system in the United States is fundamentally broken. In a sector that rarely sees quality, affordability and availability offered in the same place, that is more a statement of fact than it is a subjective viewpoint. […]