Check out books with your library card. If you want your child to become a good reader, read to them. You are your child’s first teacher, and they look to you to model behaviors. If you read to them, ...

Gone are the days when kindergarten was all about eating paste while gluing Cheerios to the letter C. Kindergarten has become the new first grade with higher demands and requirements. Editor's note: ...

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 ...

Cognitive skills and experiences like classroom-based play in kindergarten lead to participation in extracurricular activities in 8th grade among children growing up in poverty, finds a new study.

A Norwegian study of kindergarten children reveals that girls are more interested in language activities than boys. As a result boys may receive less linguistic stimulation and become less prepared ...

Mary Elizabeth Picher works as a consultant to Storypark. University of Toronto provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Toronto provides funding as a member of The ...