Two ideal screen-free times are mealtimes and bedtime. Mealtimes present opportunities for back-and-forth conversation with children, exposing them to a lot of language. Additionally, bedtime should ...

Research shows that playing a musical instrument does amazing things to our brains — and especially in young children.

Full-day preschool will be offered at all 20 elementary schools in the Iowa City Community School District beginning this ...

CHICAGOLAND, Ill., April 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago is excited to announce Little Explorers Nature Preschool! Little Explorers is a preschool program designed to provide ...

The Estes Park Town Board voted Tuesday night to spend $150,000 in startup costs for Little Kid Montessori Childcare and ...

These portable science labs allow young children to investigate the world around them, all year long.

Iowa preschools and child care providers could receive new grants to work together to provide all-day care for kids under a ...

From alphabet books to animal tales, fractured fairy tales to classic folk tales or funny stories that give you the giggles, the picture books on this list are sure to grab preschool-age readers. And ...

Games are great ways to get kids interested in new material, too. While some of these kids' game shows are pure entertainment, check out the educational game shows below for some ideas on how to mix ...

Elementary students learn to navigate dictionaries with confidence while having fun learning new words through these games.

"Every Child Ready" represents a big expansion of the property tax levy expiring this year. Here's what it would cover, and ...

They weren’t always obvious and would sometimes require the use of an accompanying World Almanac, a genuine school book you’d ...