Preschool teachers don’t feel comfortable teaching science—and it shows in their classroom practice, according to a new study. But science education for young children doesn’t need to be a slog or a ...

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 ...

Students in a first grade classroom observe bees during a science lesson. Credit: Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our ...

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 ...

Preschool instructors appear to lack the knowledge, skills and confidence to effectively teach their young students science -- a problem that is likely contributing to America's poor global ...

To teach language to the youngest students, you first introduce them to the letters of the alphabet and the sounds that the letters make. Next, you step forward into combining letters into simple ...

Ms. Stobbs will guide students to understand a building block of science knowledge. In this lesson, Ms. Stobbs will guide students to understand a building block of science knowledge. Is something ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. When Humberto Estratalán’s daughter ...

Preschool teachers in the United States are not as comfortable with science as they are literacy, according to researchers at Michigan State University. The researchers, led by Hope Gerde, an ...