Despite the absence of updated analysis of federal data on kindergarten expectations, teachers say that standards have continued on a more academically accelerated trajectory, even as a fair number of ...

Now, several states, including Washington, are rethinking the kindergarten curriculum and encouraging districts to revive time for block-building, coloring and imagining invisible force fields. “Play ...

Kindergarten teacher Zahidee Marcano enjoys more time to teach her students ... for the teacher to become prepared for extended learning,” Marcano said. “It’s amazing to see how they ...

“If you look at the preschool learning standards in most states ... lots of transitions and too little time to play – is the wrong approach. “Children just don’t need that sort of rigid ...