New federal data shows about two-thirds of the nation’s 3- to 5-year-olds are on track to enter kindergarten. The effort to ...

Motor skills development in children is a critical component of healthy physical, cognitive, and social growth. It encompasses a range of fundamental abilities—including balance, coordination, agility ...

While there's growing interest in assessing school readiness, education experts differ on what to measure and how. Here's ...

* Editor's note: If you're finding this story on social media, it was originally published in October 2015. As art teacher Alisa Leidich sends four vertical lines marching across an oversize drawing ...

When it comes to achievement, many people are surprised to learn that a robust predictor is fine motor skills. This is an association that was first popularized by Grissmer, Grimm, Ayer, Murrah, and ...

Preschoolers' fine and gross motor skill development is indicative of later performance on two key measures of kindergarten readiness, according to a study. Preschoolers who performed better on fine ...

Two-year-olds with poor motor function also exhibit poor mathematical skills, a new study shows. This knowledge will make it easier for teachers to identify children who may need extra help. A ...

and eight years as an Western Michigan University mentor for intern teachers -- Lois Hoekstra has seen kindergarten change and evolve. "I remember my first kindergarten classroom" in 1969 at Lakewood ...