by George Miller | Dec 15, 2017 | Articles
Kindergarten teachers have long known how to use play as a teaching tool, and now are finding that they must show school administrators that it is more than just putting out toys. At kindergartens in Omaha, kindergartners get an hour each day to engage in pretend... by Javier Suarez | Oct 22, 2017 | Articles
Kindergarteners are building cameraderie with a Harry Potter style house system, and making friends with each other and with older students. At Russell Elementary, as the kindergarten class entered the gym, older students were already seated with fellow... by Maddie Foo | Aug 19, 2017 | Articles
This year in the Pinellas County School District in Florida, the Bee-Bots are coming! The fundamentals of coding for computers will be introduced to the youngest students this year through small, friendly robots known as “Bee-Bots”. 100 of the robots have... by Saul Kornbluth | Apr 4, 2016 | Articles
Second grade students and kindergartners are helping Ugandan children with shoes by collecting and preparing denim and plastic folders that will be used to make closed toe shoes. The process is pretty simple to second grader Abby Press. “First we get to trace... by Mary Clark | Nov 20, 2014 | Articles
Promoting kindergarten playtime may improve grades going forward into first grade, a new study has found. Among students in high poverty schools, the “Tools for the Mind” technique seems to be particularly effective, according to the study’s authors....
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