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Classroom theme ideas that get students excited about the new year.

Preparing children for the demands of Common Core State Standards begins with early educators doing their part to provide caregivers and parents with the tools they need to help their children succeed in school.

Theses 10 apps will help teachers run the classroom, organize notes and plans and make their overall job easier.

Teachers must foster learning environments that encourage critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, global awareness, and social responsibility.

Finding a balance between science, math, literacy learning and play in early childhood education.

Tips and facts about what it takes for a young child to learn to read, best practices in teaching reading, the importance of oral language in literacy development and why so many children struggle.

Integrating technology not only reinforces key technical skills children need to thrive in the 21st century, but it also increases student engagement and enhances learning.

Community and family support can emphasize the importance of reading and writing, build confidence, influence young people's literacy habits, and encourage youth to seek out ways to engage in literate activities.

Teachers can engage preschoolers’ thinking skills with quality children’s books that promote aspects of cognition such as reasoning and problem solving, symbolic play, metacognitive knowledge, memory and social cognition.

The seasons affect the way preschool children learn in more ways than may are aware.