Working with kids can be quite rewarding, but it can also be rather challenging. Having a love for educating children and the patience required to work with them is a good start towards becoming a ...

“It’s obviously not perfect, because they’re 5,” teacher Allison Sawyer says. From left, kindergarten teachers Allison Sawyer, of Pizzo K-8, and Tammy Hickey, of Veterans Elementary, present lessons ...

It’s that time of year when kindergartners proudly march across the stage to receive a certification of completion, enjoy the summer, and look ahead to 1st grade. This transition once represented a ...

Consider the humble lump of pink Play-Doh. To a parent, it’s a quick toddler playtime activity. But ask an early childhood educator about Play-Doh, and it’s a science experiment, an opportunity for ...

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Kindergarten is an exciting time for both parents and children. For many kids, it’s their first experience stepping into a [… ...

How can parents really prepare their kids for kindergarten? Take advice from a teacher who says parents need to do one important thing: “Tell your kid no.” “‘No’ is not a bad word,” Emily Perkins, a ...

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Deejha Blash-Lopez is technically a new teacher, but she already has three years of experience at Longmont’s Mountain View Elementary as she starts her first year as one of the school’s kindergarten ...