Model descriptive writing with a paragraph from an 1800s miner's perspective. Discover the fascinating history of the pasty, a beloved meat pie from Northern Michigan! Learn the correct ...

Kindergarten students will no longer ease into school after the Washoe County School District eliminated a long-standing policy of starting its youngest students a week after everyone else. The ...

New findings from the University of Virginia show children who attended public Montessori preschool demonstrated better reading ability, executive function, short-term memory and social understanding ...

I’m sharing my go-to resources for helping young children build their writing skills, whether you’re a parent, homeschooler, or early elementary teacher. In this video, I walk through illustration and ...

Source: Stable Diffusion, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons I love teaching writing. It's my favorite job ever. Part of the reason it's fun is that I get to teach something I'm passionate about. But that's ...

When I was growing up in the Sacramento suburbs in the 1990s, kindergarten enrollment involved very little decision-making. My mother simply sent us to the elementary school closest to home. Now as a ...

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 ...

At Melbourne Elementary School in north-central Arkansas, time for science is a priority—even for the youngest students. Starting in kindergarten, teachers dedicate 30-40 minutes for the subject each ...

I still remember the first time I took my class outside for a descriptive writing lesson. It was a crisp fall morning, and I handed each student a pine cone, asking them to describe it as if the ...

Multnomah County’s Preschool for All director has resigned after her ties to a preschool provider accused of “wasteful” spending of state dollars called her credibility into question with her ...

ITV and Guinness have again partnered on live audio descriptive commentary, this time for the Women’s Euros. The pair has done the same for the men’s Six Nations the past two years. The commentary ...

Re “Expectations for Kindergarten Have Risen, Putting Boys at a Disadvantage,” by Claire Cain Miller (The Upshot, June 9): When kindergarten-age children — both boys and girls — get to build with ...