Everybody is talking about high quality preschools but few folks know what high quality preschool looks like—especially for literacy development. The following checklist can be used to evaluate ...
Beyond the Shelf is a monthly column about the activities and people at the La Jolla/Riford Library. Seventy-eight children and caregivers trekked around the library on March 23 in search of all 26 ...
Are you familiar with the slogan “Talk, Read, Sing”? These three activities help children create a foundation for oral language, which is essential to reading. By building oral language, children ...
In his March 10 speech laying out his education agenda, President Barack Obama established expanded and higher-quality preschool education as the plan’s “first pillar.” That sensible foundation is ...
Dr. Sara Bode (far right) high fives Juri Sleet, 4, after she and Crystal Webb, a kindergarten readiness coordinator, talk with Sleet's grandmother, Quintina Davis (left), about the literacy screening ...
Literacy screenings are not typically conducted in medical settings ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BILLINGS — In Billings, the closest thing the city has to public preschool is showing early signs ...