Transition into Kindergarten: Planning a Year Ahead
Kindergarten is already two months underway, but this conversation isn’t about this year’s students鈥攊t’s about next year’s incoming class.
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High Quality Pre-K Starts with Supported Teachers: A Role for Curricula in Bridging Preschool and Early Elementary
The preschool years need to be followed by meaningful learning in early elementary grades.
Deeper Learning in Kindergarten
In the Great First Eight curriculum, children participate actively in project-based learning much of the day.
Making the Early Grades Matter
Learn about seven ways to improve kindergarten through grade 2.
Secretary Cardona Elevates Kindergarten and the Early Grades
The U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 (ED) early learning focus has the potential to help states and school districts rethink kindergarten.
How to Enable Smoother Transitions Into Kindergarten and the Early Grades
state and local leaders could change policies and practices to smooth the transition into (and through) elementary school grades
State Laws Requiring Play-Based Learning
There has been a recent, growing shift toward purposeful play or play-based learning as an instructional strategy in elementary education.
Efforts to Transform Kindergarten for a Strong PreK-3rd Continuum
Some states are going beyond these traditional areas of action, wading into other areas of policy and practice.
How Can Educators Help Children Thrive in Kindergarten and the Early Grades?
Helping to create the conditions for young children to thrive in kindergarten begins by better understanding what is getting in the way.