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Madison Munoz, 3 years old, works on her painting project, Monday November 26, 2012, at the Sunset Co-op Nursery School in the outer sunset district of San Francisco, Calif.

Juliet Chia, a preschool education curriculum specialist with the Ministry of Education, which runs MOE Kindergartens, offers this advice on how to teach preschoolers maths, science and English.

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PBS KIDS, which was recently named America's top educational media brand, has signed Happy Kid Toy Group, Ltd. as its master toy licensee to launch a new educational line to help preschoolers ...