Working with kids can be quite rewarding, but it can also be rather challenging. Having a love for educating children and the patience required to work with them is a good start towards becoming a ...

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 ...

What better way to honor kindergarten teacher Kristin Ball than with a shiny new playground for the students she loves?

Early-childhood advocates have been concerned for some time that the academic expectations of elementary school are filtering down to kindergarten. Now, there’s a bit of pressure from the other ...

As a kindergarten teacher, Derrick Criner knows that progress is a process and trying new things may lead to enriching experiences. Initially, the 2013 Glacier High School grad thought he would go ...

Lindsay Phillips, a kindergarten teacher at Mountain Island Charter School in Mount Holly, is the 2025 NC Charter School ...

What do you do with a 5-year-old, sobbing mess? I can distinctly remember dropping my daughter, Sara, off for her first day of kindergarten several years ago. Up until then, Sara was what my wife and ...