motion), physical science (shadows), and life science (plants). Lessons and activities are designed to fit preschool routines (circle time activities, outdoor activities, hands on investigations, etc.

It doesn't take long for gaps to appear between children who participate in extracurricular activities and kids who don't, a new study found. White kindergarten children were 2.6 times more likely ...

The project, Bridging Preschool and Kindergarten Science: Exploring Play-Based Engagement with Scientific and Engineering Practices in Early Learning Environments is cofunded through the Discovery ...

"We went into this project expecting to see ... arts as they did on mathematics, science, social studies, music and art combined. The number of kindergarten teachers who reported their students ...

A unique project is revealing science-based ways you can train your dog to behave better. Researchers Vanessa Wood and Brian Hare have set up a “puppy kindergarten” programme at Duke ...

These furry pupils are enrolled in Duke Puppy Kindergarten, a research project examining how dogs ... Emily Anthes is a science reporter, writing primarily about animal health and science.

Low-income and minority children score much lower on national 8th-grade science tests than their white and more advantaged peers, but those gaps already exist before kids start kindergarten.