Preschool Without Walls is designed to offer a welcoming environment to families who might be uncomfortable with education and child care programs outside of the home.
Parents, educators, and other primary caregivers might not realize that a small patch of grass, a single tree, and a walk to the store are opportunities to observe nature, generate questions, and conduct experiments to find answers.
While urban schools may face complex challenges in providing effective education for children who speak many languages, they also have access to resources and supports not found in suburban and rural areas.
In this issue of Young Children, we share seven stories of best practice, innovative ideas, and new research related to teaching young children in urban programs.
The first schools for the very young in the United States did not include playgrounds because they were established prior to the concept of a playground.