How to Teach Your Baby to Read is an almost evangelical ode to early learning by Physical Therapist Glenn Doman, who has been teaching preschool children with brain damage to read at Philadelphia ...

Research now shows that kids who don’t have a fun but strategic experience with math in preschool, before kindergarten, are far less likely to succeed academically, let alone enter STEM field… ...

A group of California parents and preschool teachers are overcoming their fear of math and discovering new confidence to teach it to young children through an unexpected source: storybooks. A series ...

At the end of their last year of preschool, researchers tested students’ early number skills. Among all of the factors researchers asked parents about, only practice with letter-sound ...

Lessons on colors and numbers and butterflies have been part of sessions as well. Teaching some 36 students a year, ... Settles is retiring this month after teaching preschool for 32 years.

On average, preschool teachers are paid less than mail-order clerks, tree trimmers and pest control workers. And if they switched to teach kindergarten — in many states, their salaries would double.

In college, teachers are taught what to teach but not how to teach it, Vicki Gibson, an expert on preschool and kindergarten instruction, told educators in Casper on Monday.

Getty Images. Experts say the best preschool programs take a “playful learning” approach, teaching early academic and social-emotional skills together through play and exploration.

Editor’s Note: In 1988, a teacher most commonly had 15 years of experience. In recent years, that number is closer to just three years leading a classroom. The “On Teaching” series focuses ...