Kindergartners who started school scoring in the bottom 20% had only a 1 in 10 chance of reading proficiency by 3rd grade.

As a veteran kindergarten teacher, I’m walking you through the most important pre-reading skills your child needs before day ...

Proficiency by grade 3 is linked to long-term academic and life outcomes, making early identification of struggling students key.

The first day of kindergarten is a big milestone for kids and their grown-ups alike. It’s a time full of excitement, curiosity and plenty of butterflies in the stomach. One of the best ways to help ...

Do the common-core standards demand too much of kindergarten readers?, asks a new piece this week from KQED’s Mind/Shift. It’s a debate we’ve heard before. Much of the back-and-forth centers around ...

Are you familiar with the slogan “Talk, Read, Sing”? These three activities help children create a foundation for oral language, which is essential to reading. By building oral language, children ...

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“Don’t blink,” they say. But no matter how hard we try, we all do. I’m writing this as I’m also slowly coming ...

Ontario’s revised kindergarten program asks teachers to use both explicit literacy instruction and play-based learning.

“The changes to kindergarten make me sick,” a veteran teacher in Arkansas recently admitted to me. “Think about what you did in first grade—that’s what my 5-year-old babies are expected to do.” The ...