The 4- and 5-year-old students in teacher Sarah Odom’s class are loudly chiming out numbers as she shows them the numerals on a series of flash cards. The children can recognize figures as high as 27 ...

Kindergarten is a big step for both child and parent. Taking a few strategic actions will help ease the transition and help you best prepare your preschooler for “the big K.” 1. Teach concepts. While ...

When other kids their age started kindergarten last month, 5-year-old Caitlin and Jackson Pilisuk just waited on the sidelines. The Oakland twins were eligible, but their parents and preschool ...

Already a pro at reading phonetic words such as “cat,” she has spent seven weeks learning about the silent “e,” letter combinations such as “sh” and other more advanced reading skills. She’s been ...

When Dylan and Matthew Goode bounded into the Score Educational Center in Alameda, Dylan, 6, asked for a turn with the ladybug-shaped computer mouse. And Matthew, 4, wanted to know when he could shoot ...

Over the past few weeks, incoming kindergartners have been spending time at Green Valley Elementary learning lessons that will help them when school starts in two weeks: how to open their own cartons ...

Five-year-old Delilah Shanjani has been coming home each day with a new letter to teach her parents in sign language. She’ll make the letter sound, make the sign and then say a word that starts with ...

One of the most vital questions parents should consider during the summer is how to best prepare their children for the coming school year. This is an especially important and emotional time for ...