Edutopia has introduced a research-backed multisensory literacy toolkit designed to help kindergarten teachers engage students through movement, touch, speech, and visual activities. The approach ...

Teachers can help students develop phonemic awareness with these playful activities that engage multiple sensory pathways.

A new feature spotlights how multisensory instruction—engaging sight, sound, movement, and touch—can strengthen phonemic awareness and letter-sound connections in kindergarten. The approach blends ...

Experts say parents should start building literacy skills before a child enters kindergarten. Engaging children in conversation and asking open-ended questions builds crucial language skills. Parents ...

Are you familiar with the slogan “Talk, Read, Sing”? These three activities help children create a foundation for oral language, which is essential to reading. By building oral language, children ...

Everybody is talking about high quality preschools but few folks know what high quality preschool looks like—especially for literacy development. The following checklist can be used to evaluate ...

Kindergartners these days have to learn and do so much, so it’s even more important for parents to bring the learning home. These five activities can help you reinforce those important concepts and ...

EdSource · A University of California in the heart of farm country aims to attract more students California students who attended transitional kindergarten were more engaged in the learning process ...

The Student Achievement Partners guidelines outline similar criteria, though with more general recommendations rather than ...

“The changes to kindergarten make me sick,” a veteran teacher in Arkansas recently admitted to me. “Think about what you did in first grade—that’s what my 5-year-old babies are expected to do.” The ...