She couldn’t wait to get home to share the news with her parents — who already are reading daily to her 21-month-old brother, Sebastian, and plan to send him to preschool. “My mom ...

Experts have long known that reading skills develop before the first day of kindergarten, but new research published in the ...

California students who attended transitional kindergarten were more engaged in the learning process and better prepared for math and reading when they entered kindergarten than children who did not, ...

Reading by 9’s back-to-school guide. Find expert tips, book recommendations and resources for parents of kids just starting transitional kindergarten. Explore the guide ...

Nueces County Public Libraries has launched a program to promote early literacy — encouraging youngsters to read 1,000 books before they reach kindergarten — after receiving a state grant.

Yet as more students attend preschool at ages 2, 3, and 4, academic expectations for kindergarten may continue to rise, increasing the potential for school-readiness gaps at ever younger ages.

Play, Common Core, and Early Reading Untangled Common Core kindergarten standards are OK according to reading researchers. Posted Jun 22, 2015 ...