WASHINGTON, DC (ANI) – A recent doctoral thesis has shown that practicing motor skills and physical activity can support preschoolers’ cognitive and early academic skills, particularly when these ...

Two-year-olds with poor motor function also exhibit poor mathematical skills, a new study shows. This knowledge will make it easier for teachers to identify children who may need extra help. A ...

Starting kindergarten is a momentous event for children and their parents. It can be exciting and scary – and often both at the same time. But there are lots of strategies to make the transition a ...

Wizz Kids Preschool Bumblebee, Butterfly and Ladybug classes with their teachers Iyvonne Kapasura (far left) and Happiness Mpofu (far right) at their new premises. Insert: Yael Nkomo puts her motor ...

(Reuters Health) - Toddlers who spend too much time in front of televisions, tablets, and smartphones may not become as skilled at problem-solving, communication and other skills needed for school as ...

Using a fork to eat, zipping up a sweatshirt and turning a doorknob are all things most people do without thinking, but children spend their early years developing and refining these abilities. They ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Kindergartners at James Cole Elementary School are being put through boot camp and working their muscles. Small motor skills boot camp, that is, to fine tune the muscles between ...