When teachers noticed that children in Oakland preschool and kindergarten classrooms were not engaging in imaginative play or interacting with each other as much after the pandemic, staff at ...

For children facing serious medical conditions, the hospital can be a confusing and scary place. Unfamiliar people, weird machines, and strange sounds can be startling and uncomfortable. Which is why ...

The young mothers laughed as Quackers, the puppet duck, helped Kurth Memorial Library director Sue Randleman sing a children's song as the women temporarily forgot the adult stress of tests, papers, ...

Inside one second-grade class, students are about to bring some new characters to life through a crash course in puppet-making. But this puppet workshop isn't just about kids showing off their ...