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Too Many Children Enter Kindergarten Already Behind

"Too many children enter kindergarten each year already behind, already at risk of academic failure."

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Too Many Children Are Unprepared to Excel in Kindergarten

– While reading at home with children is key to their kindergarten preparation, about 50 percent of them start school with insuf...

The Effects of Parenting on Children’s Academic Success

– According to a new study by researchers from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Frank Porter Graham Child Developme...

Play Activities Like Peek-a-Boo Are Helping Babies’ Brain Development

– According to a new study by researchers at the University of Connecticut, one-on-one conversations with babies are not only he...

Overweight Children at Age 5 Are at High-Risk for Later Obesity

– According to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, overweight kindergartners have high risk to be obes...

Inflated Praise Is Bad for Children with Low Self-Esteem

– Calling children “incredibly good” seems not to be so… good for them. According to a new study, while children with high self-...

Half of Children Already Struggling in Math as Early as the First Weeks of Kindergarten

 – According to new data from the Office of Public Instruction (OSPI), based on observations from the WaKIDS program (Washington...

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