by Rising Stride | Feb 26, 2025 | Early Education
Preschoolers should be physically active throughout the day for holistic growth and development. Therefore, starting early is essential to helping them build a strong foundation for an active lifestyle. Physical activities lower the risk of developing diseases like...
by Rising Stride | Feb 25, 2025 | Early Education
When we bake we
 see, we smell, we taste, we hear and we feel – it engages all of
our five senses. This unique quality is what makes baking such a powerful medium through which to teach our children life skills, including some that don’t even necessarily relate to...
by Rising Stride | Feb 24, 2025 | Early Education
The positive interactions and experiences that children experience in a high-quality pre-K environment can help build their belief in themselves and their abilities.  A group of University of Washington researchers created a self-esteem measurement for preschoolers...
by Rising Stride | Feb 20, 2025 | Early Education
With the abundance of information out there, it can seem like there are no clear answers about how to teach a child how to read. Discussions over reading models can get heated and be hard to follow. As a busy parent, you may not have time to wade through all of the...
by Rising Stride | Feb 18, 2025 | Early Education
Children and play go hand in hand. But did you know that there’s one type of play that offers a wealth of benefits for children’s learning and development? Here you’ll learn about open-ended play. Open-ended play is an unstructured, imaginative form of play that...
