A study from Pennsylvania State University found that your social competence levels in Kindergarten could actually indicate ...

Social awareness is the ability to take the perspectives of others and apply it to your interactions with them. Daily interactions with peers and teachers can help build your child’s social awareness, ...

In our household, we’re still talking about the critically acclaimed box office smash “Inside Out,” Pixar’s animated look at the emotions inside a child’s brain. It came up most recently when we ...

The students in Zsa’Meia Nelson-White’s kindergarten class at Godley Station K-8 School are a bit sluggish on their last Monday of the school year. They muscle through their morning song despite ...

Being ready for kindergarten isn’t just about counting to 10 and knowing your colors anymore. The social and emotional development of your child is now a huge component, says Amanda Bitting, a ...

EdSource · How a charter school serving adults became embroiled in scandal and sparked calls for reform Children coming into kindergarten with no preschool experience may not know how to share or how ...

Imagine you are 4 years old. You are given the choice of eating one marshmallow now or receiving two marshmallows if you wait. What would you do? Source: Thinkstock In a now-famous series of studies, ...

Working on fine motor skills can help to enhance kindergarten readiness. Source: Cottonbro/Pexels Many children enter kindergarten without the skills needed to be fully ready to participate in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection of parenting and health. When news of Covid-19 first started circulating, no one believed it would ...

eSpark looked at the skills rated most important for being a kindergarten teacher, citing data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Workable, and other ...

Consider the humble lump of pink Play-Doh. To a parent, it’s a quick toddler playtime activity. But ask an early childhood educator about Play-Doh, and it’s a science experiment, an opportunity for ...

Having good relationship skills is simply the ability to make and keep rewarding relationships with friends, family, and others from a wide range of backgrounds. The art of relationships includes ...