A new randomized control trial in Mississippi has found that a good kindergarten literacy program can boost disadvantaged students’ vocabulary in kindergarten by as much as an extra month of school.

Abstract The purpose of this study was to compare 2 methods for directly teaching word meanings to kindergarten students within storybook read‐alouds that varied in instructional time and depth of ...

Children in full-day kindergarten (FDK) do experience some benefit from the Ontario program, according to a recent study by the University of Toronto, but only in some areas. The study “Key findings ...

Paul Morgan is an associate professor in the Department of Education Policy Studies at Pennsylvania State University. Along with a team at Penn State and colleagues at the University of California, ...

Preschool might seem like nothing more than child’s play — a riot of high-spirited kids engaged in finger painting, blockbuilding and games. But a new study of Boston Public Schools’ (BPS) free ...

Clues given by parents to toddlers about words can make a big difference in how deep their vocabularies are when they enter school, says study. By using words to reference objects in the visual ...

The stronger a child’s vocabulary, the more successful she tends to be in school, and new research shows that the word-building can begin before kids start talking. Child development experts have long ...

The clues that parents give toddlers about words can make a big difference in how deep their vocabularies are when they enter school, new research at the University of Chicago shows. By using words to ...