Sewickley Academy preschool teacher Crista Pryor’s classroom features fun decor such as ice cream cone and cheeseburger seats. Teaching preschoolers makes for a non-boring workday, she says.

Each day after outside play time, preschool teacher Dometila Casillas sits her classroom of 3- to 5-year-olds down on a rug to read a story together. Wednesday, she read “The Very Hungry ...