Jitters on the first day of kindergarten are almost a given. But, do they have to be? The Springfield school district is taking extra steps this summer to better prepare as many 5-year-olds as ...

PORT BYRON, Ill. — Kindergarten at Riverdale Elementary School always means one thing: monarch butterflies. It's a longstanding tradition to teach a unit about the winged insect as students learn ...

“I got one!” cried Jenny Benson, 4, as she drew her cupped hands to her chest, then peeked inside at the tiny orange and black butterfly fluttering its wings. “Oooh! There it goes.” Wide-eyed, Jenny ...

In one of the oldest and last historical barns left standing in Schaumburg, there is a hidden gem: The Big Barn Preschool, a preschool and day care for children ages 2½ to 5 years old. The Big Barn ...

Outside Winnetka’s Greeley School, the weather was dank and gray on Friday. Inside, however, a ribbon of kindergartners bedecked in orange, yellow and black butterfly wings and guided by teacher ...

BETHLEHEM — Local preschoolers will be raising butterflies to compare to ones recently launched into space on the shuttle Atlantis to live on the International Space Station. Bethlehem Preschool ...

Matthew Malloy is delighted that a hatched butterfly landed on his arm as his kindergarten teacher, Nicole Wagenborg, watches carefully. Also shown are Liam Moran and Brady Walsh. The butterflies took ...