EDWARDSVILLE — More than 300,000 children and families transition from Head Start programs to kindergarten every year, and thanks to Head Start training and support, children and families are more ...

There’s a dizzying array of childhood programs, schools and child-care options — all with slightly different names and definitions — which can be confusing to parents trying to make decisions about ...

Each day after outside play time, preschool teacher Dometila Casillas sits her classroom of 3- to 5-year-olds down on a rug to read a story together. Wednesday, she read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” ...

The Cruz family has experienced two sides of a prekindergarten journey: one that transitions from preschool into kindergarten and one that includes transitional kindergarten, or TK, before ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Local school readiness programs are highlighting the importance of a smooth transition from preschool to kindergarten. Healey planning to release Head Start funds Head ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Transitioning from preschool to kindergarten can present issues for some children and their parents. The Holyoke, Chicopee, Springfield Head Start (HCS Head Start) will be ...