When teachers provide activities that encourage kindergarteners to explore the elements of storytelling through play, they lay the foundation for reading and writing.

When teachers bring collaboration, creativity, and choice into assessment, anxiety and dread give way to confidence and joy as students show off what they have learned.

When students need to get their wiggles out so they can settle down to learn, this simple movement-based brain break does the trick.

By exploring outside their classroom—and even their schoolyard—two teachers found their students’ learning potential became boundless.

When students pretend they’re at a fancy party making small talk, a simple brainstorm for writing ideas becomes more lively, more cooperative—and more effective.

When students explore new words through movement, they understand them better, retain them longer, and feel more empowered to use them.