The governor addressed a few hundred educators Monday during the state's first literacy summit, calling the subject her No. 1 ...

In this video, I share my favorite, easy ways to build fine motor skills at home to help your child get ready for kindergarten. From using Play-Doh and practicing cutting to fun songs for pencil grip, ...

When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found ...

Dr. Flemmie Kittrell was a Black home economist whose research in the field of early childhood education shaped the way we think about child development today. She became the first Black woman to earn ...

Two papers challenged the existence of theorized particles called sterile neutrinos that might account for mysteries like the ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...

This year, every 4-year-old in California can enter transitional kindergarten at their local school district. But fewer parents know about TK, and that it can be an option for their family, than they ...

Last week, Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read released results of an Audits Division investigation that found four preschools squandered hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars meant to provide ...

College of Education and Allied Professions, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, United States Introduction: Early childhood educators' dispositions toward science learning in outdoor ...

Collage by Becky Lee for Edutopia, Courtesy of Kendall Stallings One of my favorite activities for kindergarten students involves none other than puppets. It works like this: I give students paper ...

In the Science Center of Iowa Preschool, students in the 4-year-old class have the option of different stations: A sensory table where “moon dust” is shaped into balls; a cozy reading nook to curl up ...

Last fall, I began teaching at a mixed-age (2.9 to 5 years old) preschool program with dedicated STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) activities in the afternoon. Initially, the ...