Preschool education, early learning activities and development ideas that help young children build foundational skills, confidence, curiosity and a positive approach to learning.
A new essay highlights the growing support for explicit instruction as a core teaching method, backed by research showing its effectiveness in improving academic achievement and critical thinking, especially for struggling pupils. A new essay for the American Enterprise Institute…
Yemimah King highlights how integrating numeracy into daily routines and environments through play can strengthen young children’s mathematical understanding, emphasizing the importance of informal, everyday learning experiences over formal instruction. Yemimah King, an assistant professor of early childhood education at…
The South Sudan education ministry has unveiled a four-year, $14.5 million initiative in partnership with the LEGO Foundation, UBS Optimus Foundation, and aid agencies to improve early childhood education and address the country’s alarming literacy challenges. South Sudan’s education ministry…
Recent research highlights the enduring importance of classroom read-alouds beyond primary years, emphasising their role in fostering vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension among secondary pupils. Read-alouds deserve a place in the literacy conversation because reading is not a purely silent act.…
Neuropsychologist Anastasia Gaurilyus highlights the crucial role of home environment and parental curiosity in fostering children’s interest in learning, supported by recent research on family involvement and educational habits. A child’s willingness to learn is shaped less by classrooms alone…
Educators can harness AI tools for activity planning by framing prompts around real observations and contextualising responses, ensuring practical relevance rather than generic suggestions. When an educator asks an AI tool for “10 activity ideas for toddlers”, the result can…
Colouring sheets are more than just a colourful distraction; they are vital in fostering fine motor control, emotional regulation, and confidence among children, with benefits tailored to their developmental stage. The kitchen table may look like a minor disaster zone…
Interactive books, blending tactile, visual, and participatory features, are transforming early childhood reading, fostering literacy skills and strengthening family bonds while adapting to different developmental stages. Interactive books can give young children a better start with reading because they turn…
Experts highlight that nurturing children’s innate curiosity can enhance confidence, problem-solving skills, and lifelong learning, especially when supported with thoughtful exploration and safe boundaries. Children are born investigators. They reach, poke, repeat, compare and ask until the world begins to…
A surge of free printable activities is transforming how preschoolers learn to write their names, making the process more engaging and multisensory to build confidence and fine motor skills. Helping preschoolers learn to write their own names can be a…
An increasing number of parents are turning to home-based preschool learning, focusing on play and everyday activities to foster early skills outside traditional classroom settings, offering a more personalised and relaxed approach to early childhood education. More parents are deciding…
Reading to children before bed offers benefits beyond calming them for sleep, supporting language growth, cognitive development, emotional awareness, and strengthening parent-child bonds, experts reveal. Reading to a child before bed may seem like a simple nightly ritual, but paediatric…
