Education

How to Choose a Preschool

From Montessori to High/Scope, here's what you need to know

10 Things Kids Hate About School (and 10 They Love)

School-age kids report on what they adore and abhor about school

How to Talk so Teachers Will Listen

And listen when teachers talk about your child

Watch Your Back: Finding the Perfect Backpack

Help your kids find the perfect backpack

Class Struggles: Parent Volunteering

When it comes to volunteering at their kids’ schools, parents don’t always play nice

Making the Grade: Grade-Level Expectations

What to expect this school year, academically and developmentally

Is Your Province Fit for Kids? The Inactivity Epidemic

Canadian children are in the grips of an inactivity epidemic. Here's how we can help them shape up

Off School Property? Safety on Field Trips

We all want our kids to be safe on field trips. But is prudent becoming paranoid?

Cheap Tricks

Teacher Terry Rotella shows you how to pay bottom dollar for top teaching tools

New School

Tips on making the change easier for your preschooler

Old-School Tools

Why board games, blocks and beads are here to stay

Techno Preschoolers

Pre-reading

Let's Get Personal

You want to make sure the teacher sees your child as more than the tall kid at table two. The question is, how do you make the introductions?

Letter Perfect

Helping your preschooler get ready to read

Body Science

Preschoolers tend to be curious about the things that make adults uncomfortable

Lefties

Ready for Preschool?

Some children will start school when they're just three. Others will be five. Here's how to gauge your would-be student's readiness.

Brain Power

The Beauty of Bugs

It's easy to get kids interested in creepy crawlers