From: U.S. News & World Report
Preschool Kids Best Prepared for Kindergarten: Study
March 5, 2012
U.S. News & World Report:
All children can benefit from going to preschool, especially those who come from minority or poor families or from homes where parents don’t provide much mental stimulation, a new study says.
The study included 1,200 identical and fraternal twins from 600 families who were followed from age 2 until they entered kindergarten at age 5.
Overall, children who went to preschool did better once they started kindergarten than those who didn’t go to preschool, according to the study, which was published in the journal Psychological Science.
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