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How can parents really prepare their kids for kindergarten? Take advice from a teacher who says parents need to do one important thing: “Tell your kid no.” “‘No’ is not a bad word,” Emily Perkins, a ...

It’s that time of year when kindergartners proudly march across the stage to receive a certification of completion, enjoy the summer, and look ahead to 1st grade. This transition once represented a ...

Play kitchens and mock cash registers are among the wish-list items Southern Lehigh kindergarten teachers have requested as they work to integrate “purposeful play” into the new full-day kindergarten ...

I have taught multiple grade levels in the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25, and I can confidently say there is something truly special about kindergarten. I have watched fourth graders learn ...