Making Kids Comfortable With Kindergarten
The Northerner
September 19, 2008

….SCHOOL STARTING EARLIER

Kindergarten isn't the first time youngsters are introduced to teachers and learning these days. Recent estimates say that at least one million children attend some form of preschool or education-based child care in the United States today. The National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University says that 75 percent of 4-year-olds are in pre-school. The rise in kids starting school earlier likely has something to do with the number of two-income households in most areas of the world. Today it has become increasingly difficult for the average family to live comfortably on one salary. Therefore, pre-schools and daycare centers allow both parents to work…