Alphabet learning sets the stage for reading success, but it doesn’t have to be boring. Research shows that playful, hands-on activities and meaningful print interactions help letters stick. Blending ...

Preschool lesson planning is shifting toward play, sensory-rich experiences, and social-emotional growth. Thematic units, multisensory activities, and adaptable structures keep children engaged while ...

Learning Without Tears, a leader in early literacy, today announced the development of Get Set for School®: Letters & ...

April 16, 2026 - EdSource Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald explains how this election could reshape California schools. When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she ...

[Note: In this guest post, two renowned former kindergarten teachers who wrote about the extraordinary literacy successes of children in their classrooms (Feldgus & Cardonick, 1999) show how today’s ...

The days when kindergarten focused on playing and finger painting may be waning, as early-learning classrooms devote significantly more attention to preparing students to read, according to a new ...

Cross-posted from Inside School Research: Kindergarten might be the new 1st grade but it is still too easy. A forthcoming study in the peer-refereed American Educational Research Journal finds that ...