Alphabets make up the core of preschool learning. The alphabet is the first thing a child needs to learn before anything ...

Developing pre-writing skills is one of the most important steps in preparing young children for the writing process. These ...

Lucy Flores, a preschool teacher from California, is also teaching her father how to read and write. "I was thinking ...

Practical tips for helping families understand what their kids are learning amid the seeming chaos of a preschool classroom.

Brain scanning has demonstrated that handwriting in manuscript helps preschoolers learn their letters. Research has shown that learning to write in cursive improves spelling and composing skills.

Lucy Flores' dad stopped school after first grade to support his family. During the day, Lucy Flores teaches a classroom of preschool students how to read letters and write their names. Nearly ...

Don’t dismiss children’s early writing as scribbles. Children know more about writing, even before they learn to read.

Writing instruction in early education should be about more than letter formation and penmanship, argue researchers who found preschool teachers don't often encourage writing for communication ...

New findings from Michigan State University researchers suggest that some popular approaches for learning may not be as practical as parents think. Preschoolers who played more literacy games ...